Magnetic locking mechanism for a security package

A security package for holding and displaying a jewel case which selectively holds and displays a compact disc comprising:

• a base having a storage compartment formed by a pair of spaced apart parallel end walls, a pair of spaced apart parallel side walls and a bottom wall, and having an access opening opposite of the bottom wall for placing and removing said jewel case into and from said storage compartment where said compartment is sized and configured generally equal to that of the jewel case being contained therein;
• a lock compartment formed adjacent to said storage compartment, said lock compartment formed by one of said end walls, a pair of spaced apart parallel side walls, and a bottom wall;
• a lock plate slidably mountable on the lock compartment and selectively movable across at least a portion of the access opening of the storage compartment between locked and unlocked positions, for releasably securing said compact disc in said storage compartment, and said lock plate including at least one lock plate movement inhibitor;
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• a pair of spaced apart magnetically releasable locking mechanisms within said lock compartment, each of said magnetically releasable locking mechanisms for releasing the lock plate from the locked position by magnetically unlocking the locking mechanism from said lock plate movement inhibitor.

A security system for selectively holding and displaying a jewel case with a compact disc therein comprising:

• a security package having a housing formed with a rectangularly shaped storage compartment for selectively storing the jewel case, said jewel case being formed with at least one aperture in a wall thereof and the compartment having an access opening for inserting and removing the jewel case into and out of said compartment;
• a lock compartment formed adjacent the storage compartment;
• a lock plate movably mountable with respect to the lock compartment and selectively movable between locked and unlocked positions;
• magnetically releasable lock means within said lock compartment and operatively engageable with the lock plate for selectively securing the lock plate in the locked position and for releasing the lock plate from said locked position when a magnetic field is proximate the magnetically releasable lock means;
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• at least one tab formed on the lock plate and selectively movable into the jewel case aperture when the lock plate is in the locked position for retaining said jewel case in the storage compartment.