Security device

Abstract

A security device for a slide fastener, the security device including a housing adapted to be fitted to an object to which the slide fastener is attached, the housing substantially surrounding the slider of the slide fastener in its fully closed position, a closure member adapted to co-operate with the housing which, in use, covers the slider to prevent access thereto and a frangible locking element adapted to link the housing to the closure member, the locking element being resiliently yieldable and slidably insertable into the closure member but not retractable therefrom without fracturing the frangible locking element. Preferably the closure member is attached at one end to a puller and the puller is attached to the slider. In a preferred embodiment the closure member can pivot about the housing and block withdrawal of the slider from the housing in its closed position. In a practical embodiment the housing includes a receptacle or guide member which aligns with a slot in the closure member in its closed position and the frangible locking element includes barbs or hooks which lock behind the guide member to prevent extraction of said frangible locking element from the housing and the closure member.

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