Patent ID: 7387003
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
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.