Television cabinet having snap-together assembly

Claim 1

A television cabinet comprising: a pair of cabinet halves defining an enclosure when said halves are inserted into each other along a path; a pair of oppositely-disposed, relatively flexible latch fingers secured side-by-side to one of said cabinet halves such that said latch fingers are encompassed within said enclosure when said cabinet halves are assembled together; each of said latch fingers having a major surface disposed substantially parallel to said insertion path; each of said latch fingers further having, toward the free end thereof, a protruding edge that extends away from the respective one of said major surfaces and substantially at right angles thereto; said latch fingers being mounted such that said latch fingers are offset with respect to each other in a direction parallel to said major surfaces thereof, and such that said protruding edges are oppositely disposed with respect to said insertion path; a pair of oppositely-disposed, relatively rigid stops secured side-by-side to the other of said cabinet halves such that said stops are encompassed within the confines of said enclosure when said cabinet halves are assembled together; each of said stops having a protruding edge which is disposed substantially orthogonally to said insertion path; said stops being mounted on said other member such that they engage and deflect said flexible latch fingers in opposite directions as said cabinet halves are assembled together until said protruding edges of said stops capture the respective ones of said protruding edges of said latch fingers to releasably secure said cabinet halves to each other; and said cabinet enclosure being additionally equipped with a window for providing a limited access to said latch fingers when said cabinet halves are assembled to each other; said limited access window being dimensioned such that entry of human fingers into said window is precluded, while allowing introduction of an implement into said window to cause deflection of said latch fingers in opposite directions in a manner causing disengagement thereof from said stops.