Patent ID: 7174752

Claim:
A security device for securing a laptop computer, the security device comprising: a first securing member including a first restraining member and an elongate arm; and a second securing member including a second restraining member opposing the first restraining member and a releasable locking device telescopically engaging the arm for preventing movement of the first and second restraining members away from each other when in an engagement position; the first and second restraining members each including spaced apart cover and base wall engagement members and a pair of side-wall engagement members for engaging a cover wall, base wall, and a pair of orthogonal side-walls, respectively, at diagonally opposite corners, respectively, of a closed laptop computer when in the engagement position, wherein for each of the first and second restraining members, the cover wall engagement member defines an opening for receiving a side edge portion of an open cover of the laptop computer such that the restraining member can also secure an open laptop computer with opposite side edges of the open cover of the laptop computer being received within the openings of the cover wall engagement members of the first and second restraining members, respectively.