Latching assembly for a removable cover of a portable electronic device

A portable electronic device, comprising:

• a removable panel defining a first latching hole therein;
• a knob comprising an operating portion and a shaft portion, a catch extending from an end of the shaft portion, and a latching member extending from the shaft portion, the latching member being aligned with the catch and spaced a predetermined distance therefrom, wherein the shaft portion is rotatably received in the first latching hole, with the operation portion above an upper surface of the removable panel;
• and
• a base cover comprising a latching portion at an end thereof, the latching portion comprising an undulating latching wall defining a second latching bole therein, the latching portion defining a latching hatch in communication with the second latching hole, the latching hatch corresponding to the catch;
• wherein the removable panel is removably attached to the base cover by way of the shaft portion of the knob being inserted into the second latching hole such that the catch is below the latching wall and the latching member is above the latching wait and the operating portion then being rotated so that the catch and the latching member slide along opposite lower and upper faces of the latching wall.