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.
Claims27
A security device for attaching to an article to be protected from theft, said device comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a strap connected to and extending outwardly from the housing and having an unsecured position and a secured position in which the entire strap is oriented substantially horizontally and in which the strap and housing together form a closed loop around an article-receiving space adapted to receive a first portion of the article with second and third portions of the article extending respectively upwardly and downwardly from the first portion respectively beyond the article-receiving space;
- a pair of spaced sidewalls on the housing which in the secured position are upper and lower vertically spaced sidewalls;
- a flange rigidly connected to the spaced sidewalls and which in the secured position extends at least one of upwardly beyond the upper sidewall and downwardly beyond the lower sidewall;
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- an article contact surface on the flange bounding the article-receiving space, having a vertical width in the secured position greater than the vertically spaced upper and lower sidewalls and adapted to contact the article.
In combination, a bottle having a neck with a downwardly facing annular shoulder and a bottle security device for attaching to the neck, said device comprising:
- a rigid housing;
- a strap connected to and extending outwardly from the housing and having an unsecured position and a secured position in which the strap and housing together form a closed loop around the neck;
- at least one of the housing and strap engaging the downwardly facing annular shoulder of the neck in the secured position to prevent upward removal of the security device from the neck;
- upper and lower sidewalls on the housing which are vertically spaced in the secured position;
- a flange which is rigidly connected to the upper and lower sidewalls and which in the secured position extends at least one of upwardly beyond the upper sidewall and downwardly beyond the lower sidewall;
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- an article contact surface on the flange which in the secured position contacts the neck and has a vertical width greater than the vertically spaced upper and lower sidewalls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.