Patent ID: 6216499
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A security device for securing to a surface a portable computer having a deck and a display pivotably connected thereto, said security device comprising:retaining means comprising front and rear retaining members spaced-apart by a pair of lateral retaining members, said front, rear and lateral retaining members forming an enclosure with respect to front, rear and lateral directions, said display being insertable through said enclosure;mounting means securable to a surface;positioning means connected between said mounting means and said retaining means for providing relative movement of said retaining means with respect to said mounting means, said positioning means being movable from a first position where said retaining means is out of engagement with said display to a second position where said retaining means encloses said display when said computer is resting on said surface, and where said retaining means is positioned in a predetermined orientation above said surface whereby the spatial relationship of the front retaining member with respect to the rear retaining member and the front retaining member with respect to the surface being such that the display, and thereby said portable computer, is incapable of being withdrawn from said retaining means; andlocking means for locking said retaining means in said second position.