Electronic enclosure case

Claim 2

An access controlled two-shell enclosure security casing for containing electronic components or circuits or other components and which shells are not readily separable without knowing a generally non-disclosed means for separating same, said casing comprising: (a) a first shell having a first rim, (b) means forming a plurality of openings spaced along at least a portion of said first rim; (c) a second shell having a second rim capable of being disposed in juxtaposition to said first rim, (d) a plurality of hooks spaced along at least a portion of said second rim, said hooks having a thickness such that they fit into said openings and which hooks are moveable in said openings along a longitudinal dimension of said rim and said hooks being positionable in the openings where they are retentively retained in said openings and so that said two shells are lockably held together, one of said rims being somewhat yieldable enabling its transverse dimension to be changed relative to the transverse dimension of the other rim so that said hooks are transversely shiftable and readily removable from said openings thereby permitting separation of said two shells and which means of changing the transverse dimension is generally non-disclosed thereby reducing unauthorized opening of the casing.

Claim 3

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 1 further characterized in that said hooks are not lockably held in said openings until they are fully inserted into said openings and one shell is shifted relative to the other.

Claim 4

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 2 further characterized in that one of said rims is somewhat yieldable so that when two sides of said rim are squeezed together the hooks are removable from said openings.

Claim 5

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 3 further characterized in that said second rim is yieldable.

Claim 6

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 1 further characterized in that said hooks each have a first section extending outwardly toward the first shell and a second section located at approximate right angles to said first section and which is parallel to the portion of the second rim from which it extends.

Claim 7

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 5 further characterized in that each of said openings have a first elongate section sized to receive the first and second sections of a hook, said openings each have a second section perpendicularly located with respect to the first section of such opening and which is not directly open to said rim and which second section of the opening receives the second section of the hook when the latter is shifted relative to the first rim.

Claim 8

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 5 further characterized in that said plurality of hooks comprise at least one first hook and at least one second hook, said second hook having a struck tab extending toward the second rim and which is adapted to lockably hold the second shell to the first shell by precluding sliding movement of one of the shells relative to the other.

Claim 9

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 1 further characterized in that one of said shells has a recessed area initially open to an exterior of said enclosure casing and which is sized to receive a battery, and a cover section extendable over said recessed area.

Claim 10

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 8 further characterized in that said cover section extends generally continuously with and forms a continuation of the exterior surface of the shell having the recessed area.

Claim 11

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 1 further characterized in that one end of said enclosure casing is partially open and an end plate is extendable over the partially open end of the enclosure casing.

Claim 12

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 10 further characterized in that the end plate has a projecting flange extending at least about two sides of the end plate and which fits into a corresponding groove in at least one of the shells of the enclosure casing.

Claim 13

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 11 further characterized in that said end plate is captured by outer edge portions of the first and second shells and is retained in place and cannot be removed until the first and second shells are separated.

Claim 14

An electronic enclosure casing comprised of a pair of shells which are not readily separably without knowledge of a generally non-disclosed means for opening same, one of said shells having a rim with hooks thereon, the second of the shells having a rim facing the rim of the first of the shells and having openings therein, said hooks fitting into said openings in such manner that separation can only be obtained by squeezing the rims of one of the shells relative to the other to enable lateral movement of the hooks out of the openings and thereby remove the hooks from the openings and where this means of removing the hooks from the openings is not generally disclosed.

Claim 15

An electronic enclosure casing comprised of a pair of shells which are not readily separably without knowledge of a generally non-disclosed means for opening same, one of said shells having a rim with hooks thereon, the second of the shells having a rim facing the rim of the first of the shells and having openings therein, said hooks fitting into said openings in such manner that separation can only be obtained by squeezing the rims of one of the shells relative to the other to enable lateral movement of the hooks out of the openings and thereby remove the hooks from the openings and where this means of removing the hooks from the openings is not generally disclosed.

Claim 16

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 13 further characterized in that the rim of the shell having the hooks is squeezed relative to the shell having the openings.

Claim 17

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 12 further characterized in that each of said hooks each have a first section extending outwardly toward the first shell and a second section located at approximate right angles to said first section and which second section is parallel to the portion of the rim from which it extends.

Claim 18

The electronic enclosure casing of claim 15 further characterized in that each of said openings have a first elongate section sized to receive the first and second sections of a hook and a second section perpendicularly located with respect to the first section of such opening and which is not directly open to said rim and which second section of the opening receives the second section of the hook when the latter is shifted relative to the rim having the openings.

Claim 21

The method of claim 17 further characterized in that said method also comprises longitudinally shifting one of the shells relative to the other in order to separate them.

Claim 22

The method of claim 18 further characterized in that said method comprises inserting one of a plurality of interchangeable end plates in an open end of said container when said two shells are locked together in such manner that the end plate is not removable without separating said two shells.

Claim 23

A two shell casing for the containment of electronic components or circuits and adaptable to housing a universal variety of different types of electronic component circuits and which may have different labelling or input/output requirements on the exterior of the casing, and which shells are not readily separable without having a generally non-disclosed means for separating same, said casing comprising: (a) a first shell having a flat wall and an outwardly struck rim-forming side wall with a first rim thereon, (b) means forming a plurality of openings spaced along at least a portion of said first rim; (c) a second shell having a flat wall and an outwardly struck rim-forming side wall with a second rim adapted for juxtaposed engagement with the first rim, (d) a plurality of hooks spaced along at least a portion of said second rim, said second hooks having a thickness such that they fit into said openings and which hooks are moveable in said openings along a longitudinal dimension of said rim and said hooks being positionable in the openings where they are retentively retained in said openings and so that said two shells are lockably held together, one of said rims being somewhat yieldable enabling its transverse dimension to be changed so that said hooks are readily removable from said openings thereby permitting separation of said two shells and which means of changing the transverse dimension is generally non-disclosed thereby reducing unauthorized opening of the casing, (e) said rim forming side walls extending only around a portion of the periphery of the casing and leasing an opening along the side which would have been closed if the side walls were continuous, (f) said flat wall of said second shell and a portion of the rim-forming side wall on said second shell having a groove formed therein, (g) an end plate sized to extend over the opening along the rim-forming side wall to completely enclose the casing and which end plate has certain labeling or input/output requirements therein for a particular application, and (h) a flange extending outwardly from said end plate and located to fit within the groove, said end plate capably of being interchangeable with another end plate having the flange and which other end plate may have other labeling or input/output requirements therein for another application.

Claim 24

A two shell casing for the containment of electronic components or circuits and adaptable to housing a universal variety of different types of electronic component circuits and which may have different labelling or input/output requirements on the exterior of the casing, and which shells are not readily separable without having a generally non-disclosed means for separating same, said casing comprising: (a) a first shell having a flat wall and an outwardly struck rim-forming side wall with a first rim thereon, (b) means forming a plurality of openings spaced along at least a portion of said first rim; (c) a second shell having a flat wall and an outwardly struck rim-forming side wall with a second rim adapted for juxtaposed engagement with the first rim, (d) a plurality of hooks spaced along at least a portion of said second rim, said second hooks having a thickness such that they fit into said openings and which hooks are moveable in said openings along a longitudinal dimension of said rim and said hooks being positionable in the openings where they are retentively retained in said openings and so that said two shells are lockably held together, one of said rims being somewhat yieldable enabling its transverse dimension to be changed so that said hooks are readily removable from said openings thereby permitting separation of said two shells and which means of changing the transverse dimension is generally non-disclosed thereby reducing unauthorized opening of the casing, (e) said rim forming side walls extending only around a portion of the periphery of the casing and leasing an opening along the side which would have been closed if the side walls were continuous, (f) said flat wall of said second shell and a portion of the rim-forming side wall on said second shell having a groove formed therein, (g) an end plate sized to extend over the opening along the rim-forming side wall to completely enclose the casing and which end plate has certain labeling or input/output requirements therein for a particular application, and (h) a flange extending outwardly from said end plate and located to fit within the groove, said end plate capably of being interchangeable with another end plate having the flange and which other end plate may have other labeling or input/output requirements therein for another application.