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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jane Henderson Shaw, Renfrewshire, GB;
Sohail Syyed, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/900 ; E05B 7/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/900 ; E05B 7/300 ;
Abstract
An article for providing a visual deterrent against theft of a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device such as a portable computer has a first portion, such as a keyboard and body part and a second portion such as a display hinged for rotation relative to the first portion. The article comprises a body arranged to prevent hinging of the second portion relative to the first portion and a lock for preventing removal of the body of the article from the portable electronic device.