Book security device
OwnerRichard Myron Sheslowinventor
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Abstract
A security device (10) for books comprising a receptor (20) adapted to fit behind the spine of a book, a connector flap (30) adapted to be secured to the receptor and to locate between and parallel with the pages of the book, and means (50) to lock the connector flap (30) to the receptor (20) to entrap the book.
Claims14
A security device for books comprising a receptor adapted to fit behind the spine of a book, a connector flap adapted to be secured to the receptor and to locate between and parallel with the pages of the book, and means to lock the connector flap to the receptor to entrap the book.
The security device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the receptor is an elongate strip that rests against the back of the spine of the book, the connector flap comprising a planar sheet adapted to be secured to the opposite ends of the receptor.
The security device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the receptor and the connector flap are moulded in plastics.
The security device according any one of the preceding claims wherein the means to lock the connector flap to the receptor comprises enclosures formed on the receptor and the connector flap, the enclosures being adapted to abut one another and having resilient engagement means adapted to snap into locked engagement with a fixed detent when the receptor and connector flap are pivoted closed, and a key that when inserted into the enclosures can release the engagement means from the detent to unlock the device.
The security device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the security device includes a recess for receiving a security alarm tag.
The security means according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the device has locating means to locate the device onto a secured member
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.