Patent ID: 7443665

Claim:
A locking assembly for a notebook computer or other personal electronic device having a visual display portion attached to a keyboard base portion by a hinge, comprising: a locking base secured to a working surface; an elongated locking member attached at a first end to said locking base and having a second end extending through an opening in a member protruding completely through a hole in one part of said device; a lock for securing said locking member to said protruding member; said locking base being a clamp having wrapped over an edge of a work surface upon which said device is used; said clamp further including a locking pin movable upward into a locking position against an underside of said work surface; said locking pin away from said underside of said working surface; wherein said clamp further includes a screw for tightening said clamp on said work surface, a knob covering a bottom portion of said screw, and a recess in said knob through which said locking member passes, blocking release of said screw from said working surface; and said first end of said locking member having a ferrule blocking removal of said second end through said recess from said knob, whereby said locking member can only be removed from said knob by withdrawing said locking member with said second end passing out through said knob, so that said locking member must be removed before said clamp can be loosened.