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Security system for a portable device

US6700488B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 2002
Grant dateMar 2, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/1463
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The combination of a portable device and a security system. The security system has a first holding portion and a second holding portion spaced from the first holding portion. The first and second holding portions are movable relative to each other to selectively change a spacing distance between the first and second holding portions. The first and second holding portions captively engage the portable device with the first and second holding portions in an engaged state and are movable relative to each other from the engaged state to a release state. A setting mechanism can be selectively placed in a secured state and an unsecured state. The setting mechanism in the secured state causes the first and second holding portions to be maintained relative to each other in the engaged state. The setting mechanism in the unsecured state allows the first and second holding elements to be moved relative to each other from the engaged state into the release state. An access assembly has first and second states. In the first state, the access assembly permits the setting mechanism to be changed from the secured state into the unsecured state. The access assembly in the second state prevents th…

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