GB2584995A - Connecting cable device with lock device - Google Patents

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GB2584995A
GB2584995A GB1908715.4A GB201908715A GB2584995A GB 2584995 A GB2584995 A GB 2584995A GB 201908715 A GB201908715 A GB 201908715A GB 2584995 A GB2584995 A GB 2584995A
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Feng Ho Chih
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Oxti Corp
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B13/00—Details of tables or desks
    • A47B13/08—Table tops; Rims therefor
    • A47B13/16—Holders for glasses, ashtrays, lamps, candles or the like forming part of tables
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F7/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials
    • A47F7/02—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like
    • A47F7/024—Show stands, hangers, or shelves, adapted for particular articles or materials for jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
    • E05B73/0082—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F21/00—Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
    • G06F21/70—Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer
    • G06F21/88—Detecting or preventing theft or loss
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/06—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
    • A47B2021/066—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables with power or communication connection interface

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Abstract

A connecting cable lock device comprising a cable and a lock device. The lock device comprises an elongated member 32, a casing 33 with a chamber 34 for the cable, a blocking member 50 and a fastening element 41. Optionally the casing may include a base panel, a flap and an intermediate wall between them. In an embodiment the base panel may be connected to the first end of the elongated member. In a further embodiment the casing includes a slot 38, into which a projection 51 from the blocking member fits to anchor the blocking member to the casing. The blocking member may further include a stop member.

Description

CONNECTING CABLE DEVICE WITH LOCK DEVICE
The invention relates to a universal serial bus connecting cable device including one or more terminals or conductors or plugs attached or mounted or secured or coupled to the end portions of a cable for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities or the electric power reservoirs or power sources or the like, and a lock device for fastening or locking the connecting cable device to the supporting member.
Typical universal serial bus connectors or various connecting cable device comprise a wire or cable, and one or more terminals or conductors or plugs attached or mounted or secured or coupled to the cable for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities, such as personal computers, notebooks, docks, discs, mobile phones, portable phones, etc., and/or for connecting or coupling the selected or predetermined or required electrical apparatuses or facilities to the electric power reservoirs or power sources.
For example, the terminals or conductors or plugs of different types may be provided for connecting or coupling to the personal computers, notebooks, docks, discs, mobile phones, portable phones, or other or different types of electrical apparatuses or facilities, and/or for connecting or coupling the selected or predetermined or required electrical apparatuses or facilities to the electric power reservoirs or power sources.
For example, U.S. Patent No. US 9,231,344 Bl to Liao, US 9,270,038 B1 to Chao, U.S. Patent No. US 9,431,746 B2 to Wu et al., and U.S. Patent No. US 9,455,528 B1 to Chao disclose several of the typical connectors for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities, and each comprise one or more terminals or conductors or plugs attached or mounted or secured or coupled to the end portions of the cable for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities or the electric power reservoirs or power sources or the like.
However, the typical connecting cable devices are normally randomly disposed on the supporting desk or table or platform or other supporting members and may be easily and quickly reached to and obtained by any other persons; i.e., the typical connecting cable devices may not be fastened or locked for preventing the connecting cable devices from being stolen by the other unauthorized persons and the like.
It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a connecting cable device including one or more terminals or conductors or plugs attached or mounted or secured or coupled to the end portions of a cable for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities or the electric power reservoirs or power sources or the like, and a lock device for fastening or locking the connecting cable device to the supporting member.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention there is provided a connecting cable device comprising:-a cable including two connectors attached to two end portions 25 of the cable respectively, and a lock device including an elongated member having a first end portion and a second end portion, a casing provided on the first end portion of the elongated member and having a chamber formed in the casing for receiving and engaging with the cable, a blocking member engaged into the chamber of the casing for enclosing the chamber of the casing and for engaging with the cable and for retaining the cable in the chamber of the casing, and a fastening element engaged with the casing and the blocking member for locking the blocking member to the casing and for preventing the blocking member from being disengaged from the casing.
The elongated member of the lock device may be fastened or to locked to a supporting desk or table or platform or other supporting members for preventing the cable from being easily and quickly disengaged or separated from the casing and the supporting member and for preventing the cable from being easily and quickly stolen by the other unauthorized persons and the like.
The casing may include a base panel and a flap and an intermediate wall connected between the base panel and the flap for forming and defining the chamber in the casing, and the fastening element is engaged with the flap of the casing for locking the blocking member to the casing. The base panel is preferably connected to the first end portion of the elongated member.
The casing may include a slot formed in the base panel and directed and opened away from the intermediate wall. The blocking member may include a projection extended therefrom for engaging with the slot of the casing and for anchoring the blocking member to the casing.
The blocking member preferably includes a stop member extended from the projection, and the stop member preferably includes a standard greater than that of the projection and the slot of the casing for anchoring the blocking member to the casing, and for preventing the blocking member from being easily disengaged or separated from the casing inadvertently.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the operation of a connecting cable device; FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial perspective view of the connecting cable device; FIG. 3 is a further perspective view of the connecting cable device; FIG. 4 is an end schematic view of the connecting cable device; FIG. 5 is a partial exploded view as seen from one or upper or 15 lower direction of the connecting cable device; and FIG. 6 is another partial exploded view as seen from the other or lower or upper direction of the connecting cable device. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a connector assembly or connecting cable device comprises a wire or cable 10 including one or more (such as two) end portions 11, 12, such as one or first end portion 11, and the other or second end portion 12, and one or more (such as two or first and second) terminals or plug members or connectors 20, 21 attached or mounted or secured or coupled to the end portions 11, 12 of the cable 10 for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities, such as personal computers, notebooks 80 (FIG. 1), docks, discs, mobile phones, portable phones, electric power reservoirs, or power sources, batteries, etc. The connectors 20, 21 normally include a volume, diameter, size or standard greater than that of the cable 10.
The connectors 20, 21 may be selected from type A, type B, type C, or the like for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities, such as personal computers, notebooks 80, docks, discs, mobile phones, portable phones, electric power reservoirs, or power sources, batteries, etc. The above-described structure or configuration for the connectors 20, 21 is typical and is not related to the present invention and will not be described in further details.
The connecting cable device in accordance with the present invention further comprises a lock device 3 for engaging with the cable 10 and for anchoring or retaining or locking the cable 10 to the supporting desk 88 (FIG. 1) or table or platform or other supporting members, the lock device 3 includes an elongated or longitudinal strap or wire or band or member 30 having one or first end portion 31, and another or second end portion 32, and a fastener or locking or fastening member 40 engaged with the second end portion 32 of the elongated member 30 and also engaged with the supporting member 88 for fastening or locking the lock device 3 and thus the cable 10 to the supporting member 88.
The lock device 3 further includes a housing or casing 33 formed or provided on the first end portion 31 of the elongated member 30 and having a compartment or chamber 34 formed therein for receiving or engaging with the cable 10 (FIGS. 1, 2), in which the chamber 34 of the casing 33 is formed or defined between or by a base panel 35 and a flap 36 that are preferably parallel to each other, and a middle or intermediate wall 37 connected or coupled between the base panel 35 and the flap 36, it is preferable, but not necessary that the base panel 35 is connected or coupled to the first end portion 31 of the elongated member 30, the casing 33 includes an oblong hole or slot 38 formed in the base panel 35 and located and directed and opened away from the intermediate wall 37.
An insert or block or blocking member 50 is engageable into the chamber 34 of the casing 33 (FIGS. 2-4) and disposed and located and spaced or separated from the intermediate wall 37 for enclosing the chamber 34 of the casing 33 and for engaging with the cable 10 and for solidly and stably anchoring or retaining or confining the cable 10 in the chamber 34 of the casing 33, and thus for preventing the cable 10 from being easily and quickly disengaged or separated from the casing 33, and thus for preventing the cable 10 from being easily and quickly stolen by the other unauthorized persons and the like.
The blocking member 50 includes a key or projection 51 extended therefrom for slidably engaging with or into the slot 38 of the casing 33 and for suitably and selectively anchoring or retaining or positioning the blocking member 50 to the casing 33 and for solidly and stably anchoring or retaining or confining the cable 10 in the chamber 34 of the casing 33, and further includes an enlarged protrusion or stop member 52 formed or provided thereon or extended therefrom and having a diameter, size or standard greater than that of the projection 51 and the slot 38 of the casing 33 for further suitably anchoring or retaining or positioning the blocking member 50 to the casing 33 and for preventing the blocking member 50 from being easily disengaged or separated from the casing 33.
Another fastener or locking or fastening element 41 may further be provided and engaged with the flap 36 of the casing 33 and the blocking member 50 for solidly and stably locking or fastening the blocking member 50 to the casing 33 and for preventing the blocking member 50 from being disengaged or separated from the casing 33.
In operation, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cable 10 may normally be provided for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities, such as personal computers, notebooks 80, docks, discs, mobile phones, portable phones, electric power reservoirs, or power sources, batteries, or the like, and the cable 10 may be engaged into the chamber 34 of the casing 33, the blocking member 50 may then be engaged into the chamber 34 of the casing 33 for solidly and stably anchoring or retaining or confining the cable 10 in the chamber 34 of the casing 33, and thus for preventing the cable 10 from being easily and quickly disengaged or separated from the casing 33, and thus for preventing the cable 10 from being easily and quickly stolen by the other unauthorized persons and the like. The fastening element 41 may fasten and lock the blocking member 50 to the casing 33 for preventing the blocking member 50 from being disengaged or separated from the casing 33, and the fastening member 40 may be engaged with the second end portion 32 of the elongated member 30 and also engaged with the supporting member 88 for fastening or locking the lock device 3 and thus the cable 10 to the supporting
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Accordingly, the connecting cable device includes one or more terminals or conductors or plugs attached or mounted or secured or coupled to the end portions of a cable for connecting or coupling to various electrical apparatuses or facilities or the electric power reservoirs or power sources or the like, and a lock device for fastening or locking the connecting cable device to the supporting member.

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  1. CLAI NIS:- 1. A connecting cable device comprising: a cable including two connectors attached to two end portions of the cable respectively, and a lock device including: an elongated member having a first end portion and a second end portion, a casing provided on the first end portion of the elongated member and having a chamber formed in the casing for receiving 10 and engaging with the cable, a blocking member engaged into the chamber of the casing for enclosing the chamber of the casing and for engaging with the cable and for retaining the cable in the chamber of the casing, and a fastening element engaged with the casing and the blocking member for locking the blocking member to the casing and for preventing the blocking member from being disengaged from the casing.
  2. 2. A connecting cable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the casing includes a base panel and a flap and an intermediate wall connected between the base panel and the flap for forming and defining the chamber in the casing, and the fastening element is engaged with the flap of the casing.
  3. 3. A connecting cable device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the 25 base panel is connected to the first end portion of the elongated member.
  4. 4. A connecting cable device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the casing includes a slot formed in the base panel and directed and opened away from the intermediate wall.
  5. 5. A connecting cable device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the blocking member includes a projection extended therefrom for engaging with the slot of the casing and for anchoring the blocking member to the casing.
  6. 6. A connecting cable device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the blocking member includes a stop member extended from the projection, and stop member includes a standard greater than that of the projection and the slot of the casing for anchoring the blocking member to the casing.
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US20050223757A1 (en) * 2002-03-13 2005-10-13 Mair Avganim Locking arrangement of a portable article such as computer processor casing to a work surface
US20100269552A1 (en) * 2009-04-23 2010-10-28 Dell Products L.P. Compact Security Device For Systems And Peripherals
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