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Security device for a hand-held remote control

US5246183A · kind A · utility

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24Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 4, 1991
Grant dateSep 21, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 4, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H9/025
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A security device for a portable hand-held control for operating an electronic device from a location remote from the electronic device. The security device consists of a housing, an elongate flexible element, structure for attaching one part of the elongate flexible element to a hand-held remote control, structure on the housing for a) normally urging the flexible element part towards a first position in which the flexible element part is in a first relationship with the housing and b) allowing the flexible element part to be drawn away from the housing to be spaced a distance from the housing that is greater than that with the flexible element part in the first position.

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