Engageable rods and channels to assemble housings

A device comprising:

• a first housing portion of a portable computer housing;
• a second housing portion of the portable computer housing;
• an elongate rod attached to the first housing portion, the elongate rod including first widened portions arranged along a length of the elongate rod;
• and
• an elongate channel attached to the second housing portion, the elongate channel including second widened portions arranged along an elongate opening that longitudinally extends along the elongate channel;
• wherein the elongate rod is laterally removeable from the elongate channel when the first widened portions are longitudinally aligned with the second widened portions to allow the first and second portions of the portable computer housing to be separated.

A device comprising:

• a cover of a display housing of a portable computer;
• and
• an elongate rod attached to the cover proximate an edge of the cover, the elongate rod shaped to fit within an elongate channel positionable at a bezel of the display housing of the portable computer, the elongate rod including a widened portion that matches a complementary widened portion of a longitudinal opening of the elongate channel;
• wherein the elongate rod is longitudinally slidable between:
• a released position, in which the widened portion of the elongate rod is longitudinally aligned with the complementary widened portion of the elongate channel to allow the elongate rod to pass through the longitudinal opening of the elongate channel;
• and
• a locked position, in which the widened portion of the elongate rod is longitudinally misaligned with the complementary widened portion of the elongate channel to obstruct passage of the elongate rod through the longitudinal opening of the elongate channel.