US 12,116,808 B2
Security apparatus for portable electronic device
James Kao, Fremont, CA (US); Alex J. Klinkman, Campbell, CA (US); Joseph A. Teresi, San Mateo, CA (US); Wilson Tse, Burnaby (CA); Mike Otsuka, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and William De Meulenaere, Newark, CA (US)
Assigned to ACCO Brands Corporation, Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed by ACCO Brands Corporation, Lake Zurich, IL (US)
Filed on May 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/142,932.
Application 18/142,932 is a continuation of application No. 17/962,725, filed on Oct. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,680,429.
Application 17/962,725 is a continuation of application No. 17/345,196, filed on Jun. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,686,129.
Application 17/345,196 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,983, filed on Jul. 17, 2019, granted, now 11,187,014, issued on Nov. 30, 2021.
Application 16/513,983 is a continuation of application No. 15/438,102, filed on Feb. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,400,482, issued on Sep. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/299,848, filed on Feb. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0003168 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 73/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 73/0082 (2013.01) [E05B 73/0005 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A security apparatus for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having an aperture, the security apparatus comprising:
a housing;
an engagement mechanism configured to secure the security apparatus to the portable electronic device in a locked position and configured to disengage the security apparatus from the portable electronic device in an unlocked position, the engagement mechanism including a first finger and a second finger that are coupled to the housing and rotatable about a shared axis, wherein the first finger has a first engagement surface configured to extend into the aperture to engage the portable electronic device and a proximal end opposite to the first engagement surface, wherein the second finger has a second engagement surface configured to extend into the aperture to engage the portable electronic device and a proximal end opposite to the second engagement surface;
a locking mechanism arranged in the housing and including a follower configured to move into engagement with the proximal end of the first finger and the proximal end of the second finger to move the engagement mechanism from the unlocked position to the locked position, wherein the follower engages the proximal end of the first finger and the proximal end of the second finger in the locked position, the follower terminating at a location between the shared axis and the proximal ends of the first and second fingers in the locked position;
a cylindrical sleeve positioned within the housing, wherein the first and second fingers are positioned at least partially within the cylindrical sleeve, wherein the cylindrical sleeve extends between a first axial end and a second axial end, and wherein each of the first axial end and the second axial end of the cylindrical sleeve are positioned within and surrounded radially by the housing; and
a pin extending radially through the cylindrical sleeve, the first finger, and the second finger, wherein the pin defines the shared axis.