US 11,953,948 B2
Apparatus for locking portable computer
Byong Ju Bae, Asan-si (KR); Dong Keun Oh, Siheung-si (KR); Hyun Soo Lim, Cheonan-si (KR); and Yong Seop Lee, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to COMXI Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by COMXI Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,567.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0188164 (KR), filed on Dec. 27, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0062329 (KR), filed on May 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205279 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1679 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for locking a portable computer, the apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body;
a first clamping member rotatably coupled to the apparatus body, configured to support a first side of a computer body of the portable computer, and configured to be fitted over a first edge of a display of the portable computer;
a slider coupled to the apparatus body to be reciprocally movable;
a second clamping member rotatably coupled to the slider while being spaced apart from the first clamping member, configured to support a second side of the computer body of the portable computer, and configured to be fitted over a second edge of the display of the portable computer; and
a locking and unlocking unit installed on the apparatus body and configured to selectively restrict or allow movement of the slider,
wherein the first clamping member comprises:
a first rotating member rotatably coupled to the apparatus body, and configured to support the first side of the computer body; and
a first gripping member rotatably coupled to the first rotating member in a direction orthogonal to a rotation direction of the first rotating member, and configured to be fitted over the first edge of the display.