Adhesively mounted security system
AssigneeTortoise Products, Inc.
InventorGregory M. Davidge
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Abstract
A security device is described that is simple and reliable. It includes a base member which is adhesively attached to the surface of a large object such as a motor vehicle. A protective knife-edged boss surrounds and protects the adhesive attaching means to defeat attempts to pry the base member off the vehicle. Housed within the base member is a steel tube, and a locking cable extends through the tube to secure personal property. A cavity is provided for easy installation of the tube within the base member, and a flange is attached to the tube for preventing extraction of the tube from the base member, as well as defeating removal of the base member from the vehicle. A three-way system of adhesion is employed which provides superior results.
Claims10
A security device for removably attaching a portable article to a non-portable object so as to prevent unauthorized removal of the portable article, comprising:
- a base member formed of a polymeric material;
- means for permanent attachment of the base member to a surface of the non-portable object;
- said base member being in the form of a substantially flat slab and including a raised arch extending substantially diametrically of said slab, said arch having a tunnel extending entirely through said arch and surrounded by said polymeric material, said tunnel defining an axis of cylindrical symmetry;
- a reinforcing tube fabricated of a metallic material, said tube defining an axis of cylindrical symmetry and being coaxially received in said tunnel;
- an elongated attaching member being received within said tube and said tunnel, and having end portions which both extend outwardly from said base member toward said portable article;
- and means for removably securing said attaching member to said portable article.
A security device for removably attaching a portable article to a non-portable object so as to prevent unauthorized removal portable article, comprising:
- a base member formed of a polymeric material;
- means for permanent attachment of the base member to a surface of the non-portable object;
- said base member having a tunnel formed therein and entirely surrounded by said polymeric material, said tunnel defining an axis of cylindrical symmetry;
- a reinforcing tube fabricated of metallic material, said tube defining an axis of cylindrical symmetry and being coaxially received in said tunnel;
- an elongated attaching member adapted to be inserted through said tube and said tunnel, and to extend outwardly from said base member toward said portable article;
- means for removably securing said attaching member to said portable article;
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- a cavity formed in said base member and extending from one exterior surface thereof into the interior of said tunnel in a direction transverse to said tunnel axis, whereby said tube may be inserted into place within said tunnel in said transverse direction through said cavity.
A security device for removably attaching a portable article to a non-portable object so as to prevent unauthorized removal of the portable article, comprising:
- a base member formed of a polymeric material;
- means for adhesive attachment of the polymeric material of said base member to a surface of the non-portable object;
- said base member having a tunnel formed therein and entirely surrounded by said polymeric material, said tunnel defining an axis of cylindrical symmetry;
- a reinforcing tube fabricated of a metallic material, said tube defining an axis of cylindrical symmetry and being coaxially received in said tunnel;
- a cavity formed in said base member and extending from one exterior surface thereof into the interior of said tunnel in a direction transverse to said tunnel axis, whereby said tube may be inserted into place within said tunnel in said transverse direction through said cavity;
- a limiting flange attached to the exterior of said tube and having a larger maximum dimension perpendicular to said transverse direction than said cavity does, so that flange must remain outside said cavity upon insertion of said tube into said cavity;
- an exterior surface of said flange being adjacent said non-portable object;
- means for fastening said flange to said non-portable object;
- an elongated attaching member adapted to be inserted through said tube and said tunnel, and to extend outwardly from said base member toward said portable article;
- and means for removably securing said attaching member to said portable article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.