Patent ID: 6173591
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for fastening to equipment subject to theft and including a security slot in an equipment shell, said device comprising:two insert members, each said insert member comprising:a cylindrical portion having an outer end and an inner end; anda hooked tang having a distal end, an attachment end, and a bend therebetween, said attachment end coupled to and projecting from said cylindrical portion proximate said inner end, said hooked tang adapted for insertion into the security slot such that said distal end bears against an inside surface of the shell; and wherein juxtaposition of said inner ends of said insert members in a locking mode provides for said distal ends to extend oppositely; anda sleeve, sized to slidably fit around said cylindrical portion of said insert members when in said locking mode, wherein association of said sleeve around said cylindrical portion of said insert members maintains said members in said locking mode.