Patent ID: 6581420
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: E05B,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking apparatus for securing a compact computer on a stand, in which the compact computer has at least one longitudinal extended groove formed thereon, and the groove has an upper end and a lower end of which the upper end is formed with an opening and the lower end is configured to a closed end; the stand has an inclined surface upwardly extending from a front bottom side thereof, the locking apparatus comprises:a locking mechanism; at least one protrusion which is connected with the locking mechanism and adapted to be correspondingly inserted into the at least one groove of the compact computer; and a blocking device which is connected with the locking mechanism and is convertible between a locking position and an unlocking position; whereby when the blocking device is at the locking position, where the locking mechanism is engaged with the blocking device, the blocking device resists against the inclined surface of the stand; and when the blocking device is at the unlocking position, where the locking mechanism is disengaged from the blocking device, the blocking device is movable away from the stand.