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US 7,609,514 B2Granted
Electronic device locking system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPaul J. Doczy, Earl W. Moore, Stacy L. Wolff
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Abstract
An electronic device locking system, comprising a display member coupled to a base member to enable variable positioning of the display member relative to the base member and a post engagable with a latch to secure the display member in a fixed position relative to the base member.
Claims17
An electronic device locking system, comprising:
- a display member coupled to a base member to enable variable positioning of the display member relative to the base member;
- a retractable cap located in an opening in the base member;
- and
- a post forcing the retractable cap into the opening to engage with a latch to secure the display member in a fixed position relative to the base member, wherein an end of the post contacts an end of the retractable cap to push the cap retractable from a position flush with a working surface of the base member to a position located within the opening.
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A method of manufacturing an electronic device locking system, comprising:
- coupling a display member to a base member to enable variable positioning of the display member relative to the base member;
- providing a retractable cap that covers an opening;
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- providing a post that moves the retractable cap in the opening to engage with a latch to secure the display member in a fixed position relative to the base member, wherein the retractable cap conceals the opening to prevent debris from entering the opening.
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An electronic device locking system, comprising:
- a display member coupled to a base member to enable variable positioning of the display member relative to the base member;
- a retractable cap biased within an opening;
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- at least one post configured to secure a bezel to the display member, the at least one post forcing the retractable cap into the opening and engaging with a latch secure the display member in a fixed position relative to the base member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.