Watertight protective device for holding a measuring or display device
US6068119A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2223/044
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A waterproof protective device for holding an apparatus having an interaction field is formed from a dimensionally stable protective housing having a lower housing part and an upper housing part. The lower housing part and the upper housing part are releasably hingedly connected with one another and an inside contour of the protective housing is adapted and constructed to closely receive the apparatus with approximately zero play. The protective housing is provided with a transparent, elastically flexible operating area of reduced wall thickness to enable an interaction field to be viewed and manipulated. The operating area may be integral with the rest of the protective housing and may be sufficiently elastically deformable so that pushbuttons on the apparatus may be operated by finger pressure through the protective device under the operating area. A seal is provided between the upper housing part and the lower housing part, and is formed of a mating circumferential groove and rim, one or both of which may be provided with lips. The watertight protective device may also include additional features such as recesses on a side facing away from operating area to enable the protective…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.