Splash proof portable two-way data terminal/radio

A splashproof housing assembly for a portable two-way data terminal/radio combination comprising in combination:

• a housing front cover having a first mating portion;
• a housing back cover having a second mating portion, the entire area of the second mating portion being juxtaposed with the first mating portion when the housing is fully assembled;
• highly resilient gasket means for being retained between said first and second mating portions, and having in cross section a body portion with a grooved portion and a tongue portion;
• and wherein the first mating portion of the housing front cover comprise a first groove for aligning and retaining the tongue portion of the gasket means, and a second groove for retaining the body portion of the gasket means, said second groove being slightly wider than the body portion of the gasket means, the second mating portion of the housing back cover comprising a tongue for mating with said grooved portion of the gasket means and the second mating portion also comprising a shoulder portion exterior to the tongue portion and the first mating portion comprising a projection exterior to said second groove and extending toward the housing back cover to abut said shoulder portion, allowing said tongue of said second mating portion to compress said gasket means to cause said gasket means to fill the width of the second groove of the housing front cover while preventing the application of damaging pressure on said gasket means.