Patent ID: 8935943
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: E05B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A securement device for securing an item having a first portion and a second portion, the item having a receptacle on the first portion for receiving in electrical contact a plug, the securement device comprising: a first bracket having a wall with a plug aperture formed through the wall, a plug blocking portion being located about at least a portion of a perimeter of the plug aperture, the first bracket having a bracket portion adjacent to the wall; a second bracket; and a connecting member for selectively connecting the first bracket to the second bracket; wherein, in a secured configuration, the plug is inserted into the receptacle, the first bracket is engaged with the first portion and the second bracket is engaged with the second portion, the connecting member extends across the item to connect the first bracket to the second bracket, the connecting member preventing substantial separation of the first bracket from the second bracket; and wherein the plug is prevented from being fully retracted from the receptacle due to being blocked by the plug blocking portion; and wherein the bracket portion is configured to contact the first portion of the item when in the secured configuration to substantially inhibit rotational movement of the first bracket relative to receptacle on the item.