Replaceable Keypad Bezel
AssigneeZebra Technologies Canada, ULC
InventorsJin Liu, Yanmin Mao
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Abstract
A keypad bezel for attaching to a housing of a handheld computer comprises a main body including plurality of screw holes and tabs for connecting the main body to the computer housing and a plurality of leverage points in the main body useful for removing the keypad bezel from the housing. To remove the keypad bezel, the screws are removed from the screw holes and a removal tool is positioned so that it mates with recesses the keypad bezel and force is applied to the removal tool in a direction way from the housing. The force removes the tabs out of corresponding slots in the housing allowing the bezel to be removed.
Claims6
A keypad bezel for attaching to a housing of a handheld computer, the bezel comprising:
- a main body including a plurality of screw holes and tabs for connecting the main body to the housing;
- a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion comprising one of the screw holes and being set in a plane substantially parallel to the main body;
- a plurality of side walls connecting the plurality of corner portions with the main body;
- and
- a recess in each of the side walls creating a lip that protrudes above the recess, the lip disposed below a plane of the main body,
- wherein:
- the lip partially covers the recess to provide a leverage point shaped for removing the keypad bezel from the housing, and
- the recess in each of the side walls is configured to mate with a corresponding one of a plurality of protrusions of a removal tool, wherein the recess is created along a vertical portion of the side wall and begins at, or proximal to, a horizontal portion of the side wall and extends to a point proximal an outer edge of the side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.