Patent ID: 6341510
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: E05B,G06F,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking arrangement for computers and especially for locking the cables of the computer (1) and/or the cables of peripheral devices, which locking arrangement consists of a frame (3, 3â€²) for attachment to the computer or peripheral device, a cover part (4) for attachment to and detachment from the frame, and a locking device (5, 7) for locking the cover part to the frame, the frame and/or the cover part including fixing devices (6) for attaching the cables connected to a computer to the locking arrangement when the cover part has been attached to the frame, the frame (3, 3â€²) being provided with attachment devices (7, 11; 3â€²) for said attachment to the computer or peripheral device, wherein the attachment devices include either holes (11) having variable distance or a frame (3â€²) designed for attachment to an expansion slot of the computer, the position of the attached locking arrangement being adjacent but not covering the cable connectors, and that the cover part (4) is case like, said locking arrangement further characterized in that the fixing devices (6) for attaching the cables have been formed to the upper surface (2) of the frame (3, 3â€²), said upper surface (2) facing the cover part (4), or the fixing devices have been formed to the lower surface of the cover part (4), said lower surface facing the frame (3, 3â€²), a part of the locking device (5, 7) has been formed to the upper surface (2) of the frame (3, 3â€²) and that there are matching locking devices (8) formed to the lower surface of the cover part (4) by which the cover part is attached to the frame, and that hollow supports (9) have been formed to the ends of the frame (3) and the supports have been equipped with discs (10) which have been placed in a way that they can be turned and adjusted and that one or more holes (11) have been formed eccentrically to the discs for fixing screws or the like.