Appeal No. 1999-0653 Page 18
Application No. 08/226,564
15. A method for securing portable computing equipment having an elongated security slot opening
in a chassis of the equipment from theft, comprising:
providing a computing equipment security device having a slot-mating head and an axially
movable head locking member attached to a mounting end of the device, the head having a transverse
limb and the head being sized for insertion into the security slot opening;
inserting the head into the security slot;
rotating the mounting end to rotate the head relative to a longitudinal axis of the slot opening and
to align the head locking member with the slot opening;
axially advancing the head locking member into the slot opening to prevent rotation of the
mounting end and removal of the head from the slot;
securing the head locking member to prevent its withdrawal from the slot; and
attaching an anchoring tether to the security fitting and to a stationary object to secure the
portable equipment from theft.
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