US 7,992,259 B2 · Tension reducer for cable wrap security device

Abstract

A security device includes a housing containing a ratchet mechanism and a rotatable spool for storing a plurality of cable loops which extend outwardly from a plurality of openings formed in the housing and wrapped around the sides of a box-like object. A collar is mounted on the bottom of the housing and has openings adjacent each of the housing opening requiring the cable loops to abruptly change direction after exiting the housing and passing either beneath or above the collar before extending along the secured object. This abrupt change of direction reduces the amount of force which are exerted on the cable loops from being transmitted onto the ratchet mechanism. In alternate embodiments, adjacent cable loops pass through one or a pair of rings which cause a change of direction in the cable loops to reduce the transmission of forces onto the ratchet mechanism.

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Dependent claims

A security device adapted to be placed on an object to prevent said object from being opened, said device comprising:

a housing;
a plurality of cable loops extending outwardly from the housing for placement about the object;
a ratchet mechanism located within the housing and operatively connected to the cable loops, said ratchet mechanism operatively connected to a rotatable spool for maintaining the cable loops tensioned around the object;
a plurality of openings formed in the housing for passage of the cable loops therethrough for placement about the object;
and
a tension reducing device operatively engageable with the cable loops generally adjacent the housing openings for abruptly changing the direction of said cable loops after passing of said loops in a generally tangential direction out of the housing openings prior to said loops extending about the object;
said tension reducing device including a collar mounted on the housing and formed with a plurality of openings located adjacent to the housing openings requiring the cable loops to abruptly change direction and pass beneath said collar when placed about the object;
and wherein the collar is snap-fitted onto the housing by a plurality of tabs formed on one of the housing and collar and engageable in holes formed in the other of the collar and housing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tension reducer for cable wrap security device

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Tension reducer for cable wrap security device

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Abstract

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