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Lock for notebook computer or other personal electronic device

  • US 7,324,333 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2006
  • Issued: 01/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A locking assembly for a notebook computer or other personal electronic device, comprising:

  • a locking base secured to a working surface, said locking base locking a personal electronic device;

    a movable locking member movable from an open, unlocked position to a locking position protruding through the housing of the personal electronic device and exiting therefrom;

    a user operable lock locking said locking member in a locked position with said locking base;

    said locking base being a clamp having a distal end wrapping over an edge of a work surface upon which said notebook computer or other personal electronic device is used;

    said clamp further including a locking pin movable upward into a locking position against an underside of said work surface;

    said locking pin locked in place by a further lock preventing removal of said locking pin away from said underside of said working surface,wherein said clamp further includes a clamp locking member extending through a clearance hole in a short container,a cable being threaded through a transverse hole in said short container, said cable preventing movement of said clamp locking member away from a clamp locking position;

    said cable having a large distal end being sized to being held up and prevented from movement through said transverse hole of said short container;

    said transverse hole being provided in a lower portion of said short container accepting said cable therethrough, but being sized to prevent access to said larger end of said cable;

    said clamp being attached to the notebook computer or other personal electronic device work surface;

    wherein said cable must be removed before said clamp can be loosened.

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