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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Stephen Andrew Steger, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen Andrew Steger, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A movable assembly with an elastomer bellows forming a cosmetic covering and providing ingress protection of a dynamic opening between a pair of enclosures. On one side of the dynamic opening, the bellows is secured to an enclosure by protrusions of that enclosure that extend into mating openings in the bellows and a retainer that engages those protrusions. An adhesive secures the protrusions to the retainer to form a secure clamped connection of the bellows to the enclosure. On the other side of the dynamic opening, the bellows is secured to another enclosure without the use of fasteners or adhesives. Teeth in openings of the second enclosure are secured in a recessed channel of the bellows created by a protrusion and a flange. As the two enclosures move relative to one another, the bellows is stretched and compressed such that the dynamic opening between the two enclosures is cosmetically covered with ingress protection.