Dell USA L P

Mark A Penniman

Bryan Franklin Howell

A portable computer housing includes a base having a top member and a bottom member clamped together and reinforced by a one-piece end cover member. Peripheral edge portions of the end cover member engage peripheral edge portions of the top member and bottom member. The top member includes a first flange on opposite ends thereof and the bottom member includes a second flange on opposite ends thereof. The first and second flanges form interrupted base end flanges when the top and bottom members are clamped together. The end cover member includes a cover end flange at opposite ends thereof. Each cover end flange overlappingly engages the base end flanges at each opposite end of the base.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Mark A Penniman