Patent ID: 7530824

Claim:
A device for securing a jack or a data port against access comprising: a base having a top and two sides, each side having an upper edge meeting a side edge of the top, each side further having a longitudinal slot therein open at a front end and terminating forward of a rear edge of the respective side, each slot communicating with a base inner space defined by the top and two sides, each slot having a bottom edge substantially parallel with the respective side upper edge, with a protrusion extending upwardly from the slot bottom edge into the slot in spaced relation from a respective side front edge, the top downwardly compressible wherein the slot has a first width in a released position and a second width less than the first width in a compressed position; a ramped element atop the base top, the ramped element having a first height at a front end joined to the base top adjacent a front edge thereof and a second height rearward of the front edge, the second height greater than the first height, at least a portion of the ramped element rearward of the front edge aligned vertically with the slot protrusion; and a stop element atop the base top having a third height greater than the second height, the stop element positioned rearward of and in spaced relation from the ramped element; wherein: a front portion of the device in the compressed position is dimensioned for insertion into a target port to a sufficient distance that the ramped element is retained within the port when the device is in the released position; and when the device is retained within the port, the slot protrusion prevents sufficient slot compression to remove the device from the port and the stop element is positioned to prevent access into the port, the device removable from the port only by destroying an integrity thereof.