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Lock for securing a portable computer or the like

Patent 5913907 Issued on June 22, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject April 30, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Application

No. 069912 filed on 04/30/1998

US Classes:

70/58, For portable articles70/14, PORTABLE70/57, SPECIAL APPLICATION70/491, Sliding tumblers248/551WITH ANTI-THEFT OR ANTI-TAMPER MEANS

Examiners

Primary: Barrett, Suzanne Dino

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

E05B 065/00

Abstract

A lock including a latch bolt securely extending out therefrom and having a pair of geometrically opposed channels defined therein and a wall formed near a distal end thereof, a pair of locking pins slidably received within respective channels of the latch bolt and a pad attached to an outer periphery of a stator of the lock enables a user to laterally insert the lock into a predetermined hole defined in a cover of a portable computer or the like to secure the portable computer. Furthermore, due to the provision of a wire and a loop at a distal end of the wire which is securely attached to the periphery of the stator, the portable computer or the like is able to be securely attached to an object suitable for the wire to be attached.

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