Patent ID: 8558138

Claim:
A welding apparatus comprising an enclosure, an end panel having a receptacle area formed therein and a base having an end interfitted into the receptacle area of the end panel, the base having at least one snap having a distal end with an opening therein and extending outwardly from the end of the base, the end panel having at least one ramp formed thereon that is generally in alignment with the at least one snap and leads to a vertical rear wall that extends from an upper, inclined surface of the ramp to a lower surface of the end panel opposite the upper, inclined surface of the ramp, and the end panel having a recess formed proximate the rear wall, whereby the distal end of the at least one snap is engaged to the at least one ramp to retain the end panel to the base, wherein the receptacle area comprises angled internal lateral surfaces and the base includes angled external sides adapted to interfit in close proximity to the angled internal surfaces of the end panel to stabilize the affixation of the base and the end panel, and the base has an upper surface and the receptacle area includes a plurality of vertically oriented ribs adapted to fit over and contact the upper surface of the base to provide vertical stability to the base interfitted to the end panel.