Patent ID: 6536244
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for inhibiting theft of equipment having an exterior wall with a generally rectangular slot member, the device comprising:a rear hollow shell including a raised plate having a plurality of raised portions around the circumference in the aft end, an interior cylindrical cavity on one end, a cylindrical portion on the other end, a shoulder attached between the cavity and the cylindrical portion, three first projections and a second projection around the inside surface of the cylindrical portion, a first groove and three second grooves equally formed between the second and the first projections, a slope formed on a side of the second projection extended from the tip of second projection to the first groove, two opposite slots inside the interior cylindrical cavity, and two opposite recesses on the front surface; a spindle pivotably provided in the shell including a plurality of axial elastic risers on the surface engaged with the first groove, a raised plate on the aft end, a stopper in the front of the elastic risers engaged with the shoulder, and a protuberance on the surface opposite to the elastic risers being inserted in the recesses for defining the rotational angle of the hollow shell; a front hollow cylindrical housing; a cylindrical collar having a lug on the surface; a cable having one end connected to an immovable object and adapted to form a closed loop around the lug at the other end, thus inhibiting theft of the equipment; an abutment plate in the interior cylindrical cavity including a rectangular opening, a pair of front straight members extended through the housing, a channel between the straight members in communication with the opening; and a lock pin pivotably provided in the channel includes two wing members on both sides of the opening engaged with the recesses respectively for securing the lock pin to the hollow shell and a projected crossmember on the free end thereof extended beyond the channel; wherein in use, the elastic risers are inserted into the first groove, the straight members are aligned with the crossmember such that the aligned straight members and the lock pin are insertable into the slot member of the exterior wall in a position that the crossmember is inside the exterior wall, and then rotate the hollow shell with respect to the spindle such that the slopes bias against the elastic risers to force the elastic risers to move away from the first groove to retract into the spindle, the second projection passes over the elastic risers when the hollow shell is rotated 90Â°, the elastic risers return to the original uncompressed form to insert into the second groove adjacent to the second projection, and the lock pin is rotated together with the hollow shell to cause the crossmember to become misaligned with the straight members so as to attach the device rigidly to the exterior wall.