Patent ID: 8393466

Claim:
A housing within which an electronic device may be fitted, the housing comprising: a top member and a bottom member configured for being removably coupled together to form the housing, each top and bottom member of the housing comprising a front surface and a back surface each surrounded by a perimeter portion defined by a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and opposing side portions, the bottom member having a perimeter portion corresponding to a shape of the perimeter portion of the top member; the top member comprising a rigid frame that defines an interior perimeter portion of the top member including the proximal and distal end portions and the opposing side portions of the top member; a membrane defining the front and back surface of the top member and being mated on a top ridge of the rigid frame, the membrane spanning from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion and across the opposing side portions of the interior perimeter portion, the rigid frame and the membrane defining a cavity into which the electronic device may be fitted; an exterior perimeter portion of the top member comprising a flexible portion overlaid on at least part of an exterior portion of the rigid frame and at least part of a perimeter portion of the membrane; a channel in a top surface of the perimeter portion of the bottom member to receive a bottom ridge of the rigid frame, the channel including a gasket positioned therein to compress against the bottom ridge of the rigid frame when the top member and the bottom member are coupled together to seal the housing; and the top and bottom members of the housing comprising clasping mechanisms that extend along respective perimeter portions of the top and bottom members, each clasping mechanism interfacing with at least one other clasping mechanism to maintain the top member and the bottom member coupled together.