Patent ID: 7094110

Claim:
A computer disconnect device comprising: an external communications cable connector; a jumper communications cable connector; a switch; external wiring operable to connect together said switch and said external communications cable connector; and and jumper wiring operable to connect together said switch and said jumper communications cable connector; wherein said external communications cable connector is adapted to be connected to an external communications cable; wherein said jumper communications cable connector is adapted to be connected to a communications port of a computer by a jumper communications cable; wherein said switch is operable to be selectively actuated between a switch-on status and a switch-off status; wherein, when said switch is selectively actuated to said switch-on status, said switch is operable to connect together said external communications cable connector and said jumper communications cable connector by connecting together said external wiring and said jumper wiring, to enable said communications port of said computer to be connected to said external communications cable via said jumper communications cable, said jumper communications cable connector, said jumper wiring, said switch, said external wiring, and said external communications cable connector; and wherein, when said switch is selectively actuated to said switch-off status, said switch is operable to disconnect from each other said external communications cable connector and said jumper communications cable connector by disconnecting from each other said external wiring and said jumper wiring, to enable said communications port of said computer to be disconnected from said external communications cable.