×

Electronic information lockout device

  • US 5,661,786 A
  • Filed: 08/19/1996
  • Issued: 08/26/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A lockout system for preventing children from accessing parentally-restricted and undesirable electronic information through an interface device of a computer comprising:

  • a signal cable operable for carrying electronic information and configured for being operably connected at one end with a signal port and at the other end with an interface device of a computer through an opening in a case of the computer, so electronic information may pass back and forth between the interface device and port;

    a locking device operably coupled in-line with the signal cable, the locking device, when actuated, disabling the signal cable to prevent electronic information from passing between the interface device and port so that children cannot gain access to information prohibited by parents;

    a protective collar couplable with the signal cable proximate said other end, the collar configured for engaging the computer body proximate the opening in said case and maintaining the other end of the signal cable in operable connection with the interface device to hinder a bypass of the lockout system.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×