Patent ID: 7549308

Claim:
An anti-theft locking device of the type comprising a lock casing connectable on the one hand to an immovable object by a safety cable, and on the other hand to a protected object intermediate a designated slot formed in a side wall of the protected object, and a locking mechanism for selectively engaging and disengaging the lock casing to and from said side wall, said locking device comprising: a separate yoke-member including a first portion configured when the lock casing is in an engaged state to be entrapped between the lock casing and the side wall, and a second portion bridging over the lock casing and forming an enclosed hollow thereunder, and when the lock casing is in an unengaged state, said first portion is no longer entrapped between the lock casing and the side wall and the enclosed hollow ceases to exist when the yoke-member is separated from the lock casing, wherein the first portion of the yoke-member loosely fits over a proximal portion of the lock casing, and wherein the locking mechanism is a combination type and the lock casing comprises a latch arrangement adapted to be coupled to a wheel member attachable to said designated slot, said first portion of the yoke member being adapted to be coupled to the wheel member.