Soft shroud for screen display device

The housing for a visual display device having a front face with a display screen and at least one control key, which housing includes:

• a. a front housing section having a bezel surrounding said screen display and formed with
• 1. an interior metal housing receiving said visual display device and having a front panel with an opening surrounding said display screen;
• 2. a plastic foam thin layer having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.357 inch entirely covering said interior metal housing;
• and
• 3. an impervious coating overlaying said thin layer;
• b. a control panel formed by a second opening in said interior metal housing surrounding said control panel, and a flexible membrane one-piece with said plastic foam thin layer and formed of the same plastic as said thin layer extending over second opening;
• c. at least one button formed as one piece with said plastic membrane and of a thickness greater than said membrane to provide a button surface raised above the surface of said plastic membrane and located opposite said display device control key.

The housing for a visual display device having a front face with a display screen, which housing includes:

• a. a front housing section having a bezel surrounding said screen display and formed with
• 1. an interior metal housing receiving said visual display device and having a front panel with an opening surrounding said display screen, said formed with chamfered corners to provide a triangular aperture at each internal corner thereof;
• 2. a plastic foam thin layer foamed in place about said metal housing and having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.357 inch entirely covering said interior metal housing;
• with said plastic foam extruded into said triangular apertures to form a plastic foam fillet in each of the interior corners of said housing;
• and
• 3. an impervious coating overlying said thin layer.

In a secured housing for a visual display device having a screen display, which housing includes a front panel having an opening surrounding said screen display, the improvement comprising:

• d. a front housing section formed by said front panel and peripheral, orthogonal top and opposite side walls and having a rearwardly extending first tang dependent from said top wall and substantially coextensive therewith;
• e. a rear housing cover comprising a rear panel having a top edge and a bottom edge and having a forwardly extending tang dependent from and substantially extensive with said top edge;
• f. a retainer bracket positioned along said top wall of said front housing section and having a slot therein which receives said first and second tangs to form a detachable hinged attachment of said rear housing cover and said front housing section;
• g. attachment means on the bottom wall of said front housing section and cooperating attachment means adjacent the bottom edge of said rear housing cover for securing said rear housing cover in a closed position against said front housing section.

The combination of housing and visual display device having a front face with a display screen, which housing includes:

• a. a front housing section having a bezel surrounding said screen display and formed with
• 1. an interior metal housing receiving said visual display device and having a front panel with an opening surrounding said display screen;
• 2. a plastic foam thin layer foamed in place about said metal housing an having a thickness from 0.1 to 0.375 inch entirely covering said interior metal housing;
• and
• a mounting bracket secured to the undersurface of said display device with a mounting lug projecting from the underside of said bracket and extending outwardly from the underside of said housing.