Bottle security device
AssigneeCheckpoint Systems, Inc.
InventorsRonald M. Marsilio, Christopher J. Fawcett
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Abstract
A security device for securing around a generally cylindrical article such as the neck of a bottle includes a housing which forms a lock compartment and which contains an EAS security device and a magnetically actuated lock mechanism. A ratchet strap have a series of locking teeth and is formed integrally with the housing and extends outwardly therefrom and has sufficient rigidity to assume a generally circular configuration with a curved article contact surface of the housing to facilitate attaching the device around the article. The lock mechanism includes a locking pawl which engages the strap teeth and an actuation strip which biases the pawl toward locking engagement with the strap.
Claims20
A security device for attaching to an article to be protected from theft, said device comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a compartment formed in the housing;
- an entry port in communication with the compartment;
- a strap connected to and extending outwardly from the housing to a terminal end insertable through the entry port into the compartment so that the strap and housing together form a closed loop around an article-receiving space adapted to receive a portion of the article;
- a locking mechanism in the compartment having an unlocked position and a locked position for locking the strap when inserted into the compartment;
- a locking pawl on the locking mechanism pivotally movable between a first position in the unlocked position and a second position in the locked position;
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- a spring finger in the compartment which has first and second opposed ends, is mounted at its first end on the housing in a cantilever fashion and engages the locking pawl to bias the locking pawl toward the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.