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Sinox Company Limited

Samsonite Corporation

Chong-Kuan Ling

Chun-Sheng Wu

Roger Pedlar

Chun-Shen Wu

A locking device for a compact computer or a small computer, in particular, a personal data accessory or a palm data accessory (hereinafter referred to as PDA), is presented. The invention also includes a blocking device which is connected with the locking mechanism and is convertible between an unlocking position and a locking position, the blocking device is adapted to be locked and secured by the locking mechanism. The blocking device is adapted to be set to the locking position and resist against the incline surface of the stand so as to lock and secure the PDA with the stand.

Locking apparatus for a compact computer

Combination lock

An ergonomically manipulated cable combination lock includes: a housing, a cable or wire having one cable end fixed in a first hole in the housing and having another cable end secured with a locking plug lockable in a second hole in the housing, a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on a bolt in the housing, and a control device having a push button pivotally secured in the housing and a sliding actuator normally locking the plug of the cable in the housing and operatively depressing the bolt for unlocking the plug upon depression of the push button, with the plug inserted in the housing to be angularly separated from the bolt in an acute angle to provide enough space for accommodating all the relevant elements within the housing and also to allow a single-hand operation when holding the housing and depressing the push button for ergonomically unlocking the lock by a single hand of the user.

Ergonomically manipulated cable combination lock with lay-out operations in angular relationship

Locking device

A cable combination lock includes: a lock body (,) having a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted in the lock body, a locking bolt (,) insertable and lockable in the lock body (,), a cable (,) having a first cable end (,) secured with the locking bolt (,) and a second cable end (,) formed as a cable ring (,), and at least a fastener (,) secured on a portable computer or the other object to be locked; whereby upon insertion of the locking bolt (,) through the fastener (,) and through the cable ring (,) of the cable (,) to be locked in the lock body (,), and upon fastening of the cable (,) on a fixture, the computer or the object will be safely locked and fastened to the fixture.

Cable combination lock

Combination lock for floppy disk drive

Combination padlock

A combination lock includes: a casing, a fixed latch member and a pivotal latch member formed in a front portion of the casing to be inserted into an aperture of a computer or the like, a control bolt reciprocatively held in the casing and having a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on the bolt for allowing or retarding the pivotal movement of the pivotal latch member for unlocking or locking the two latch members within the aperture of the computer or the like, and a push button slidably held on the casing for depressing and retracting the control bolt backwardly for biasing the pivotal latch member for a withdrawal of the two latch members from the aperture of the computer or the like for a convenient unlocking of the combination lock.

Combination lock having pivotal latch insertable and lockable in an

A combination lock device for floppy disk drive includes: a resembling disk member corresponding to a dimension of a floppy disk insertable in a disk drive of a personal computer having a casing formed at a front (or proximal) end of the disk member; and a combination locking device having a plurality of combination dials rotatably mounted in the casing of the disk member and operatively controlling a locking bar movably lockable or unlockable within the disk drive for locking the disk member within the disk drive when locked for preventing unauthorized intrusion in the disk drive of the personal computer or for unlocking and withdrawal of the disk member from the disk drive when unlocked.

Combination lock means for floppy disk drive

An easily operable combination padlock includes: a casing, a shackle having a long leg member and a short leg member respectively lockable with a pair of locking shuttles slidably held in the casing, a plurality of dials and sleeves rotatably mounted on a bolt longitudinally held in the casing, a conical head portion formed on a top of the bolt tangentially engageable with the two shuttles, and a combination-changing device formed on a bottom portion of the bolt and the casing for resetting a new combination when the padlock is unlocked; whereby upon an outward extending of the two shuttles as urged by the conical head portion of the bolt to engage the two leg members of the shackle, the shackle is locked for locking the padlock; and upon unlocking of the padlock, the conical head portion on the bolt is downwardly depressible without retarding an inward retraction of the two shuttles, the shackle will be upwardly pulled by retracting the shuttles for unlocking the padlock.

Easily operable combination padlock

A simplified firearm lock includes: a male fastening member having a latch formed thereon, a female fastening member having a catch engageable with the latch of the male fastening member to be disposed on opposite sides of a trigger guard of a firearm or handgun, and a locking device provided in the female fastening member for preventing the disengagement of the catch of the female fastening member from the latch of the male fastening member for locking the two fastening members and the trigger of the firearm, whereby upon unlocking of the locking device, the catch will be disengaged from the latch for separating the two fastening members for unlocking the trigger of the firearm.

Simplified firearm lock

A firearm lock includes: a male fastening member having a latch portion extending therefrom, a control device having a biasing button and securable to the male fastening member and a locking mechanism provided in the male fastening member for locking or unlocking the control device; and a female fastening member engageable with the male fastening member to be disposed on opposite sides of a trigger guard of a firearm; the male fastening member having the latch portion rotatably securable in the male fastening member to be engageable with a ratchet catch resiliently mounted in the female fastening member, and the control device controlling the engagement or disengagement of the latch portion with or from the ratchet catch; whereby upon a biasing movement of the biasing button of the control device to disengage the latch portion from the ratchet catch when the locking mechanism is unlocked, the male fastening member will be ergonomically unlocked and separated from the female fastening member without continuously holding (depressing) the biasing button of the control device.

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