Mounting screw retention feature for a housing of an electronic device

摘要

A corner mountable housing (10) is provided for encasing an electronic device and for mounting the electronic device in a corner (12) of a wall or other mount surface (14) via at least one fastener (16) extending through the housing (10) to engage the corner (12). The housing (10) includes a surface-mountable housing portion (20) in the form of a rear cover, with the housing portion (20) being a one-piece molded construction and having first and second fastener retention features (22) and (24) formed therein.

主权项

1. A corner mountable housing for encasing an electronic device and mounting the electronic device in a corner of a wall or other mount surface via at least one fastener extending through the housing to engage the corner, the housing comprising:
a surface-mountable housing portion, the housing portion having a first fastener retention feature formed therein, the retention feature defined by a slot extending inwardly from an exterior corner surface of the housing portion to at least one fastener holding rib extending from a side wall of the slot toward an opposite side wall of the slot, the at least one rib extending along the side wall to define a fastener engaging opening, the fastener engaging opening having a length and a width perpendicular to the length, the length being larger than the width, the side walls having a depth extending from the rib to the exterior corner surface perpendicular to both the length and the width of the fastener engaging opening, the depth of each of the side walls being larger than the width of the fastener engaging opening.