Tamper resistant snap-fit strobe housing
AssigneePolaroid Corporation
InventorsBruce K. Johnson, David Van Allen
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Abstract
A snap-fit strobe housing, which resists manual disassembly, includes mating first and second housing sections with an interior surface of a wall of one section carrying a locking detent and a wall of the other section carrying a latching portion projecting in a manner and direction to engage the locking detent. Also included is structure extending from the locking wall in overlapping relationship to a surface of the latching portion facing away from that wall so as to engage and retain the latching portion in continuous engagement with the locking detent.
Claims7
In a housing for retaining electric and electronic elements of a photographic flash unit;
- said housing comprising mating first and second housing components;
- a first latching arrangement carried on the interior of an exterior wall of the first housing component;
- a second flexible latching arrangement carried by the second housing component and projecting therefrom in a manner and direction to engage and be flexed by said first latching arrangement into a latched condition with said first latching arrangement when said housing components are mated to thereby prohibit separation of said housing components when said housing components are pulled in opposite directions in a given plane generally parallel to the plane of said wall, the improvement comprising:
- retaining means extending from said wall in overlapping relationship to a surface of said second latching arrangement facing away from said wall so as to engage and retain said second latching arrangement in continuous engagement with said first latching arrangement when said wall is pulled in opposite directions relative to said first latching arrangement at an angle to said given plane.
In a housing for retaining electric and electronic elements of a photographic flash unit comprising mating first and second housing components;
- a first latching arrangement carried on the interior of an exterior wall of the first housing component;
- a second flexible latching arrangement carried by the second housing component and projecting therefrom in a manner and direction to engage said first latching arrangement;
- said second latching arrangement including a portion constructed of material flexible relative to said first arrangement and arranged so that as said first and second housing components are forced together, said flexible portion is flexed from an unlocking position to a locking position to facilitate engagement between said latching arrangements and prohibit separation of the housing components when said housing components are pulled in opposite directions in a given plane generally parallel to the plane of said wall, the improvement comprising:
- retaining means extending from said wall in overlapping relationship relative to a surface of said second latching arrangement facing away from said wall so as to engage and retain said second latching arrangement in continuous engagement with said first latching arrangement when said wall is pulled in an opposite direction relative to said first latching arrangement at an angle to said given plane.
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