Apparatus, a system and a method for securing a device to a fixture

• US 7,387,003 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2004
• Issued: 06/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sennco Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Sennco Solutions Incorporated
• Inventors: Marszalek, Christopher, Horvath, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): BARRETT, SUZANNE LALE DINO
• Application Number:
  US10/861,052
• Publication Number:
  US 20050268674A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• Field of Search: 70/14, 70/30, 70/49, 70/58, 211/4, 211/7, 211/57.1, 211/59.1, 211/94, 248551-553
• US Class Current: 70/58
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0005 using chains, cables or the like chain- or cable-locks of the padlock type E05B67/003; lockable clothing hangers or hanger racks E05B69/006
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0082 for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/40 Portable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/483 Flexible shackle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

An apparatus, a system and a method secure, mount and/or attach a device to a fixture. The apparatus has an arm, a housing, a cable, and/or a locking member. The arm has a bracket which attaches to the device. The arm inserts into a housing and/or an opening in a head. A cable connects the head to a base which attaches to the fixture. A locking member receives the arm and/or locks the device to the cable, the base and/or the fixture. The cable extends outward with respect to a fixture allowing the device to be manipulated, to be examined and/or to be utilized by a person while the device remains secured to the fixture.

Claims

1. An apparatus for securing a device to a fixture wherein the device is portable and the fixture is secured to another surface, the apparatus comprising:

a base having a front side and a backside wherein the backside is positioned opposite to the front side wherein the base has a plurality of holes;

a first plurality of connectors wherein each of the plurality of connectors has a length defined between a first end and a second end wherein each of the first plurality of connectors are sized to be inserted into the plurality of holes of the base wherein the first end of each of the first plurality of connectors extend outwardly with respect to the front side of the base wherein the first end of each of the first plurality of connectors attaches the base to the fixture;

a bracket attached to the device;

a cable having a length defined between a first end and a second end wherein the cable connects the bracket to the base wherein the first end of the cable is attached to the bracket and the second end of the cable is attached to the base;

a leg connected to the first end of the cable wherein the leg rotates relative to the cable and further wherein the leg has a hole, a first side and a second side wherein the second side is positioned opposite to the first side wherein the hole extends from the first side of the leg through the leg to the second side of the leg;

an arm extending from the bracket through the hole in the leg wherein rotation of the leg relative to the cable causes the device to rotate relative to the cable; and

a lock attached to the arm wherein the leg is located between the device and the lock wherein attachment of the lock to the arm maintains a position of the arm within the hole of the leg.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a slot in the first end of the cable wherein the leg is connected to the slot in the first end of the cable.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a stopper attached to the second end of the cable.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a second plurality of connectors attaching the bracket to the device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a sleeve on the base wherein the sleeve has a passageway and the first end of the cable inserts through the passageway of the sleeve.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a pin connecting the cable to the leg.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a plurality of mounts attaching the bracket to the fixture.

8. A method for displaying a device on a fixture having a surface, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a bracket having a front side, a backside and an arm wherein the front side is positioned opposite to the backside and further wherein the arm extends outward with respect to the backside wherein the arm has a length defined between a tip and an end wherein the end of the arm is adjacent to the backside of the bracket wherein the bracket has an opening extending from the front side of the bracket through the bracket to the backside of the bracket;

inserting a connector into the opening of the bracket wherein the connector has a length defined between a first end of the connector and the second end of the connector wherein the second end of the connector is adjacent to the backside of the bracket wherein the first end of the connector extends outwardly with respect to the front side of the bracket wherein the first end of the connector attaches the bracket to the device wherein the front side of the bracket is adjacent to the device;

connecting a cable to the arm wherein the cable has a length defined between a first end of the cable and a second end of the cable wherein the first end of the cable is connected to a leg to rotate the leg relative to the cable wherein the cable is connected to the arm by the leg wherein rotation of the leg relative to the cable causes the device to rotate relative to the cable;

attaching a lock to the arm wherein the cable connects to the arm between the lock and the bracket and further wherein the lock secures the device to the cable; and

connecting the second end of the cable to the fixture.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

setting the device on the surface of the fixture.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

removing the lock from the arm.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of:

forming a passageway in the leg wherein the leg has a first side and a second side wherein the second side is in a position opposite to the first side wherein the passageway extends from the first side of the leg through the leg to the second side of the leg wherein the device is connected to the leg by insertion of the arm through the passageway.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:

mounting a sleeve on the fixture wherein the sleeve has a first end, a second end and an opening wherein the opening extends from the first end through the sleeve to the second end; and

attaching the cable to the fixture by inserting the first end of the cable through the opening of the sleeve and extending the cable through the opening to the second end of the sleeve.

13. An apparatus for attaching a device to a fixture wherein the device is portable and the fixture is secured to another surface, the apparatus comprising:

a cable having a diameter, a first end and a second end wherein the second end is opposite to the first end and further wherein the second end has a stopper having a diameter wherein the diameter of the stopper is greater than the diameter of the cable wherein the first end of the cable has a slot;

a sleeve having a length defined between a first end of the sleeve and a second end of a sleeve wherein the sleeve has an opening extending from the first end of the sleeve through the sleeve to the second end of the sleeve wherein the opening of the sleeve has a diameter wherein the diameter of the sleeve is greater than the diameter of the cable and is less than the diameter of the stopper wherein the cable is inserted into the opening wherein the second end of the cable extends outwardly with respect to the second end of the sleeve wherein the stopper of the cable is adjacent to the second end of the sleeve wherein attachment of the second end of the cable to the sleeve connects the second end of the cable to the fixture;

a leg inserted into the slot in the first end of the cable wherein the leg rotates relative to the cable;

an opening in the leg wherein the opening extends through the leg; and

an attaching means having a first end and a second end wherein the second end is in a position opposite to the first end and further wherein the attaching means is inserted into the opening in the leg wherein the first end of the attaching means extends away from the cable and further wherein the device attaches to the first end of the attaching means wherein the leg rotates relative to the cable to cause rotation of the device relative to the cable.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising:

a plurality of connectors that connect the first end of the attaching means to the device.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising:

a pin between the leg and the first end of the cable.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 further comprising:

a lock attached to the second end of the attaching means wherein the leg resides between the lock and the device and the lock maintains insertion of the arm through the opening of the leg.