US 12,429,921 B2
Cover system for computing device ports
Harold M. Hawkins, III, Atlanta, GA (US); William A. Hammond, Atlanta, GA (US); Shane A. Byler, Mableton, GA (US); Edward F. Hicks, Sleepy Hollow, IL (US); and William C. Phelps, III, Lawrenceville, GA (US)
Assigned to Wahoo Fitness LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Wahoo Fitness LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,345.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/179,095, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0342452 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); B62J 23/00 (2006.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [B62J 23/00 (2013.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
a housing defining a compartment containing electronic components and a channel extending through the housing and isolated from the compartment, wherein the channel includes each of a first portion shaped to receive a protrusion of a cover through the first portion to couple the cover to the housing, a second portion including an opening to an exterior of the housing, and an aperture between the first portion and the second portion,
wherein, when the protrusion is received by the channel, a tip of the protrusion is disposed within the second portion and retained by the aperture, and
wherein, when the tip is decoupled from the protrusion, the opening permits access to and removal of the tip from the second portion, the opening to the exterior extending transverse to a direction the protrusion is received through the first portion.