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US 4,383,350 AGranted
Releasable theft protection device
OwnerRaymond J. A. Cotyinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates in general to a theft protection device for hand or shoulder carried articles, such as cameras, purses, etc., and more specifically to at least one predetermined force responsive attachment device, which has one component attached to the article alone, and the other component attached to the carrying straps, and both components are adapted for releasable engagement with one another, upon the application of a predetermined amount of force.
Claims10
A theft prevention device for an article, such as a purse, which is designed to be supported by a strap, comprising:
- a first major component connected to at least one end of the strap,
- a second major component connected to said article, and adapted to be releasably connected to said first major component, to form a connection between said one end of said strap and said article under normal usage, and
- a frangible filament secured between the first major component, and the second major component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.