Case assembly including legs and caps
AssigneeSony Computer Entertainment Inc.
InventorAraki Takamasa
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Abstract
A case assembly with screw-covering members defined as legs and caps. The legs are adapted to be received in leg sockets arranged on the assembly, while the caps are adapted to be received in cap sockets arranged thereon. The legs, caps and their respective sockets are all configured so that only the legs fit into leg sockets and only the caps fit into cap sockets. The legs and caps are designed to appear aesthetically similarly, although their unique constructions prevent their misplacement with respect to the case assembly.
Claims15
A system of legs and caps for removable position in leg sockets and cap sockets in a case assembly, each of said legs and said caps comprising:
- (a) a head member having a front surface and a back surface,
- (b) a plurality of arcuate sections disposed around said back surface of said head member,
- (c) a plurality of engagement members disposed around said back surface of said head member,
- wherein said engagement members of said respective legs and caps are shaped and dimensional differently from one another to prevent the positioning of said legs in cap sockets and said caps in leg sockets in the case assembly.
A case assembly having a bottom surface, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of screw-covering members defining a plurality of legs and a plurality of caps;
- (b) a plurality of leg sockets adapted to receive said plurality of legs;
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- (c) a plurality of cap sockets adapted to receive said plurality of caps,
- wherein said plurality of leg sockets are configured differently from said plurality of cap sockets;
- wherein each of said plurality of legs further comprises a head portion and an engagement portion and each of said plurality of caps further comprises a head portion and an engagement portion;
- wherein said engagement portions of each of said legs and said caps is symmetric about a central axis and further comprise a plurality of arcuate portions disposed between a plurality of insertion portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.