Enclosure for personal computer card GPT

Claim 1

An enclosure for a personal computer card in which an electronic device is housed within the enclosure for convenient interconnection with a host apparatus, the personal computer card having a generally rectangular plan configuration including longitudinal sides and lateral ends, and a predetermined thickness along the longitudinal sides and lateral ends of the personal computer card, and the enclosure having longitudinal sides and lateral ends corresponding to the longitudinal sides and lateral ends of the personal computer card, and a thickness along the longitudinal sides and lateral ends of the enclosure equal to the corresponding predetermined thickness of the personal computer card, the enclosure comprising: first and second shell-like members, each shell-like member having a generally rectangular plan configuration and including a panel, longitudinal side edges corresponding to the longitudinal sides of the enclosure, and lateral end edges corresponding to the lateral ends of the enclosure; channels integral with the panel of at least the second shell-like member and extending longitudinally along the longitudinal side edges of the second shell-like member, the channels each having an external channel width extending altitudinally a first distance equal to the thickness of the enclosure along the longitudinal sides of the enclosure, and the channels each having an internal channel width; and side walls integral with the panel of at least the first shell-like member and extending longitudinally along the longitudinal side edges of the first shell-like member, the side walls each having a side wall width extending altitudinally a second distance; the first distance and the second distance, and the relative locations of the internal channel width and the side wall width being such that upon juxtaposition of the first and second shell-like members in opposed arrangement, the panels confront one another and the side walls of the first shell-like member are nested within the corresponding channels of the second shell-like member to secure the first and second shell-like members together with the respective panels opposed to one another and spaced apart altitudinally to accommodate the electronic device between the opposed panels and to maintain the thickness along the longitudinal sides of the enclosure.