Patent ID: 7593142

Claim:
An apparatus for securing a device wherein the device has a removable attachment thereon, the apparatus comprising: a base having walls defining an interior wherein the base has a top side and a bottom side opposite to the top side wherein the top side of the base attaches to the device wherein the base has an opening extending through the base from the interior to the top side and further wherein the bottom side has an orifice which extends from the interior of the base to a point exterior of the base; an optical sensor positioned on the interior of the base wherein the optical sensor is adjacent to the orifice on the bottom side of the base and further wherein the optical sensor detects a signal wherein the signal is transmitted across the orifice on the bottom side of the base; a screw having a base and a tip opposite to the base wherein the base of the screw is positioned inside the opening within the interior of the base wherein the tip of the screw extends outward with respect to the top side of the base and further wherein the tip of the screw attaches the device to the base; and an alarm in communication with the optical sensor wherein a condition interrupts the signal received by the optical sensor and the alarm is activated.