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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
John E. Calloway, Houston, TX (US);
Juan M. Perez, Tomball, TX (US);
Donald J. Hall, Magnolia, TX (US);
John E. Calloway, Houston, TX (US);
Juan M. Perez, Tomball, TX (US);
Donald J. Hall, Magnolia, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A lock for a computer device comprises a lever operable to be positioned in a locked position and comprising at least one flange, a locking base slidably coupled to a device housing and attached to the lever, and a spring coupled to the locking base and to the device housing and operated upon by the lever, where in the locked position the at least one flange slides in a first corresponding at least one notch formed on the device housing, and where the locking base slides into a corresponding second notch formed on the device housing.