US 2020/0399933 A1 · PEDESTAL WRAP SECURITY DEVICE

Abstract

A security device for a retail item or packaging has housing that retains a gear that is operably connected to a pawl with two arms. One arm of the pawl is operably engaged by the gear. The other arm of the pawl is operably engaged with an unlocking key within the housing. The unlocking key is operably controlled by an unlocking tool by inserting a portion of the unlocking tool into a complementary portion of the unlocking key through a keyway formed in the housing. The unlocking key may have a magnet or components that are attracted to a magnet that enable the unlocking key to disengage a slot formed in the housing to allow the unlocking key to rotate to move the pawl. The housing may additionally be formed with a channel that allows a plurality of similarly constructed security devices to be tethered or daisy-chained together.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A security device comprising:

a housing;
a cable extending through the housing and adapted to extend around a package or item;
a first axis of the housing;
a gear for winding the cable, wherein the gear is within the housing and rotatable about the first axis;
and
an unlocking key or mechanism operably connected to the gear within the housing, wherein the unlocking key or mechanism is moveable between a first unlocked position and a second locked position, wherein when in the unlocked first position the elongated cable freely unwinds and when in the locked second position the elongated cable cannot unwind relative to the gear.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/902,695Filed 16 Jun 2020

Priority

21 Jun 2019

Published

24 Dec 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

E05B 73/0011
Using chains, cables or the like: with retraction of the flexible element for storage
E05B 73/0029
Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops: tags wrapped around the…
E05B 35/008
Locks for use with special keys or a plurality of keys ; keys therefor: for simple tool-like keys
E05B 73/0058
Of the magnetic type: for essentially box-shaped devices

Pedestal wrap security device

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Pedestal wrap security device

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Abstract

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