Patent ID: 8425249

Claim:
A blockout device for a USB port, the blockout device comprising: a locking member having a bottom and a top, the bottom including a plurality of teeth for engaging the USB port; a body member receiving the locking member, the body member having a top, a bottom and sides defining a channel therein; a shell having a cavity for receiving the locking member and the body member; whereby the locking member and the body member are positioned within the cavity of the shell when the blockout device is installed in the USB port; and a removal tool for removing the blockout device from the USB port, the removal tool including a front, a back, deflectable arms for engaging slots in the shell and the body member, and a slide that moves from the back of the tool toward the front of the tool, the slide engages the deflectable arms to compress the deflectable arms into the slots in the shell and the body member.