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Apparatus for connecting a security cable to a consumer article

US5421667A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 1993
Grant dateJun 6, 1995
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/57
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An apparatus for connecting a security cable to a consumer article. The apparatus is a body having a cavity with an entry opening in communication with the cavity. Structure is provided for mounting the body to the wall of a consumer article in an operative position thereon wherein a wall on the consumer article to which the body is attached at least partially blocks the entry opening. With the inventive structure, a fitting on a security cable can be introduced into the body cavity with the body separated from a consumer article but is prohibited from being be removed from the body cavity with the body in its operative position on a consumer article.

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