Patent ID: 7562547

Claim:
An anti-theft device for computers and the like having a housing with side-walls comprising: a block-shaped casing having a front surface; a lock member selectively projectable and withdrawable from the front surface; a key-operated lockable device effective to lock the lock member in the projected position thereof; at least a first projection at the said surface located at one side of the projectable lock member; and a cable fixable to the casing at one end, and to an immovable object at the other end thereof, wherein said first projection is adapted to be inserted into a first opening formed in a side-wall of the housing and then displaced so that the locking device becomes hooked to said housing, in which position said projectable lock member is insertable into an opening formed in the side-wall to prevent the separation of the first projection from said side-wall, a second projection, the first and second projections being adapted to be simultaneously inserted into first and second openings formed in a side-wall of the housing and then displaced so that the locking device becomes hooked to said housing, in which position said projectable lock member is insertable into a third opening formed in the side-wall to prevent the separation of the projections from said side-wall.