Kensington Security Slot

Kensington Security lock: unlocked, locked
The Kensington Security Slot is the rightmost opening on the side of this Acer Swift 3 laptop computer

The Kensington Security Slot (also called a K-Slot or Kensington lock) is part of an anti-theft system designed in the mid 1980s[1] and patented by Kryptonite in 1999–2000,[2] assigned to Schlage in 2002, and since 2005 owned and marketed by Kensington Products Group, a division of ACCO Brands.[3]

  1. ^ The Computer Chronicles, The Computer Chronicles - Notebook Computers (1992), archived from the original on 2021-12-22, retrieved 2018-12-13
  2. ^ Security anchor/tether assemblage for portable articles: U.S. Patent 6,081,9746,317,936 and 6,360,405 (Cornelius McDaid, John Ristuccia, Kryptonite Corporation - priority date: 1999-06-21)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference SAFE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).