Patent ID: 7948751

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: a chassis; a lid rotationally coupled to the chassis and operable to rotate between an open and a closed position; processing components disposed in the chassis and operable to generate information; a display integrated in the lid and interfaced with the processing components, the display operable to present the information; a lock body coupled to the chassis, the lock body operable to accept a locking device; and a locking device having a key receptacle, a lock hook and a flexible member connecting the key receptacle and the lock hook, the key receptacle rotating between a locked and unlocked position in response to movement of a key, the lock hook rotating between a locked position engaged with the lock body and an unlocked position free from the lock body, the flexible member translating movement of the key receptacle to the lock hook so that rotating the key receptacle to a locked position engages the lock hook in the lock body and rotating the key receptacle to the unlocked position frees the lock hook from the lock body.