Electronic article surveillance security device

A security package affixable around or interwoven through an article to be protected from theft;

• the security package comprising:
• a housing having a lock compartment, said lock compartment having an entry port and an exit port;
• a locking mechanism carried by said housing between said entry port and said exit port of said lock compartment;
• a strap having a proximate end, a distal end, and an intermediate section therebetween having a toothed surface for selective interaction with said locking mechanism, said proximate end being affixed to said housing and said distal end being selectively insertable within said lock compartment;
• said locking mechanism including at least two independently movable locking fingers extending into said housing where said fingers allow insertion of said strap into said housing while prohibiting removal of said strap from said housing once insertion has occurred;
• each locking finger being disposed entirely within said housing;
• said locking mechanism lacking any element connected to a locking finger that extends outside said housing;
• said housing including an individual opening aligned with each of said locking fingers;
• and
• each of said locking fingers being selectively movable from a locked position to an unlocked position, said strap being removable from said housing only when each of said fingers is in said unlocked position.

A security package affixable around or interwoven through an article to be protected from theft;

• the security package comprising:
• a housing having a lock compartment, said lock compartment having an entry port and an exit port;
• an EAS tag disposed within said housing;
• a locking mechanism carried by said housing between said entry port and said exit port of said lock compartment;
• a strap having a proximate end, a distal end, and an intermediate section therebetween having a toothed surface for selective interaction with said locking mechanism, said proximate end being affixed to said housing and said distal end being selectively insertable within said lock compartment;
• said strap having a longitudinal channel bounded by a pair of walls;
• one of the walls having said toothed surface formed therein;
• said toothed surface including a plurality of teeth;
• each of said teeth extending only partially across said longitudinal channel;
• said locking mechanism including a locking finger extending into said housing where said finger allows insertion of said strap into said housing while prohibiting removal of said strap from said housing once insertion has occurred;
• said finger being disposed entirely within said housing;
• said locking mechanism lacking any element that allows manipulation of said locking finger;
• said locking finger being slidably received in said longitudinal channel of said strap;
• said housing including an opening aligned with said locking finger;
• and
• said locking finger being selectively movable from a locked position to an unlocked position, said strap being removable from said housing only when said finger is in said unlocked position.