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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Frank Annerino, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Sajid Patel, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Dan Groebe, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Frank Annerino, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Sajid Patel, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Dan Groebe, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Palm, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A housing for a portable hand held device such as a palmtop computer uses a torsional latching system. The housing is made of front and rear housing laminated housing members. The torsional latch arrangement works in conjunction with a plurality of latch fingers along the edge to attach the front housing laminate with the rear housing laminate. The torsional latch arrangement has a pair of L-shaped latch ribs that engage with a T-shaped latch member by torsion of the L-shaped latch ribs into engagement with pockets adjacent the T-shaped latch member prevent movement of the two housing laminates in relation to one another.