US 2013/0230993 A1 · BLOCKOUT DEVICE FOR USB PORT

Abstract

A blockout device for a USB port is disclosed. The blockout device prevents contamination, damage or misuse of the USB port when not in use. The blockout device includes a locking member, a body member and a shell. The locking member has a bottom and a top. The bottom of the locking member includes a plurality of teeth for engaging the USB port. The body member has a top, a bottom and sides defining a channel therein. The locking member is positioned within the channel of the body. The shell has a cavity that receives the locking member and the body member. The locking member and the body member are positioned within the cavity of the shell when the blockout device is installed in the USB port.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A blockout device for a USB port, the blockout device comprising:

a first member extending in a longitudinal direction, the first member having a front, a back with legs, a top, and a bottom;
a second member extending in a longitudinal direction, the second member having a top, a bottom, and sides defining a channel for receiving the first member;
and
a third member extending in a longitudinal direction, the third member having a top, a bottom, sides, a front end, and a closed back end defining a cavity for receiving the first member and the second member.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/859,019Filed 9 Apr 2013

Priority

27 Jul 2011

Published

5 Sep 2013

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H01R 13/443
Means for preventing access to live contacts: dummy plugs
G06F 21/85
Protecting input, output or interconnection devices: interconnection devices, e.g. bus-connected or in-line devices
G06F 2221/2147
Indexing scheme relating to G06F21/00 and subgroups addressing additional information or applications relating to security arrangements for…:…
H01R 24/62
Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement: sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack…

Blockout device for usb port

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Blockout device for usb port

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Abstract

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