Cable wrap security device
AssigneeCheckpoint Systems, Inc.
InventorsChristopher J. Fawcett, Ronald M. Marsilio
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Abstract
A security device for protecting a merchandise item that includes a housing, a first cable, a second cable, a spool, a locking mechanism and a crossover device that is in the housing and is rotatable about a vertical axis. The locking mechanism locks the spool so that it is not rotatable about the vertical axis. The cable crossover device is placed on a side of a merchandise item opposite the housing. The crossover device in is formed with a crossover body and a latch. The crossover body has the first cable slidably attached to it. The latch is configured to be locked to the crossover body. The second cable slidably is attached to the latch. The latch is configured to be partially released from the crossover body when it unlocked.
Claims1
A security device for placement about a merchandise item comprising:
- a housing;
- a first cable;
- a spool within the housing which is rotatable about a vertical axis in a cable-tightening direction to wind the first cable onto the spool and is rotatable in an opposite cable-loosening direction to unwind the first cable from the spool;
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- a locking mechanism for locking the spool so that the spool is not rotatable about the vertical axis in the cable loosening direction, the locking mechanism comprising an engaging member disposed within the housing, the engaging member being movable along the vertical axis between a locked position which prevents rotation of the spool in the cable-loosening direction and an unlocked position which allows rotation of the spool in the cable-loosening direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.