Lock for electronic equipment

Details Lock for electronic equipment Lock for electronic equipment

2000-01-14

2001-04-10

Barrett, Suzanne Dino (Department: 3627)

Locks

Special application

For portable articles

C070SDIG005, C070S057000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06212922

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THF INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a lock, which is detachably connected with a standard port of an electronic equipment such as computers and their peripheral devices, and locked with the port by a lock assembly provided therein to prevent the equipment from being removed by unauthorized persons.
2. Description of Related Art
Some office machines such as portable computers are very light and small, so that they are very convenient to be removed by owners, however they are also easy to be removed by an unauthorized person when an owner leaves his/her equipment temporarily.
There are some types of locks used to lock equipment, such as a portable computer if an owner leaves his/her computer temporarily. However, these types of locks normally comprise a lock assembly provided therein corresponding to a lock hole, which is defined in covers of the equipment. As different manufacturers produce different types of locks, the computer manufacturers have difficulties to standardize the lock hole that is defined in the cover of equipment they produce.
Therefore, it is an objective of the invention to provide an improved lock therein to mitigate and/or obviate the aforementioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is to provide a lock comprising a lock assembly and a cable connected with the lock assembly, wherein the lock assembly is detachably connected with a standard port of equipment and locked with the port, the cable has a first end thereof securely connected with the lock assembly and a second end thereof connected with a fixed part of office furniture, whereby the equipment is easily locked to prevent the equipment from being removed by unauthorized person when an owner of the equipment leaves his/her equipment. Because the lock assembly of the invention is connected and locked with a standard port of equipment, the lock is practicable for different equipment, which has at least one vacant standard port, whereby no lock hole is needed to be prefabricated on the equipment.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The detailed features of the present invention will be apparent in the detailed description with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings.


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