US 5,836,002 AGranted

Anti-theft device

OwnerJason Morstein, Rhonda Morstein +2inventors

InventorsJason Morstein, Rhonda Morstein, Jerome Morstein, Jerome Daly

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Abstract

An anti-theft device for protecting objects and vehicles, includes a housing that is attachable to or permanently affixed to an object or vehicle to be secured, wherein the attachment means is accessible only through a lockable access door of the housing. A flexible conducting securing cable serves as a conductor in an alarm circuit and has one end fixed to the housing and a free end provided with a fitting for insertion into the housing that is retained by a retainer and a lock mechanism in the housing. First and second switches are provided in the alarm circuit wherein the first switch is normally open and is closed when the housing is attached to the object, while the second switch is normally open and is closed when the free end of the cable is inserted into the retainer. The alarm circuit is armed when both the first and second switches are closed, and subsequent opening of the first switch or tampering of the conduction path formed by the conducting securing cable activates an alarm.

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Dependent claims

A security system for securing an object to a desired structure comprising:

an enclosed housing having an interior portion and a lockable access door to permit access to the interior portion;
an attachment mechanism for attaching the housing to the object, at least a portion of the attachment mechanism being located within the housing;
a cable for enabling the object to be secured to the desired structure, the cable having a first end and a second end and a continuous path between the first and second ends, the first end being fixed to the housing and the second end being insertable into the housing to create a conduction path between the first end and the second end within the housing;
a first normally open switch operatively positioned with respect to the housing to be closed when the second end of the cable is inserted into the housing;
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an audible indicator operatively connected to the first and second switches and the conduction path to indicate unauthorized tampering with the security system when the first switch is opened while the second switch is closed, and also when the conduction path is compromised while the second switch is closed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.