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US 8,525,675 B2Granted
Security device
AssigneeCheckpoint Systems, Inc.
InventorsNingsheng Zhang, Brian V. Conti
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Abstract
An anti-theft security device is particularly useful with bottles and is typically secured to a bottle neck. The device may carry an onboard alarm. The device typically includes a catch member which engages the bottle neck to secure the device to the bottle and a blocking structure to help block access to the catch member.
Claims34
A bottle security device comprising:
- a base having a top and bottom and defining a cavity having a bottom entrance opening;
- the cavity adapted to receive a bottle neck through the bottom entrance opening;
- a first member mounted on and movable forward and rearward relative to the base;
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- a first arm which is pivotally mounted on and extends forward from the first member to a front end which is movable leftward and rightward.
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A security device comprising:
- a base defining a cavity having a bottom entrance opening;
- the cavity adapted to receive a bottle neck through the bottom entrance opening;
- a catch member which is movably mounted on the base to move between an engaged position in which the catch member is adapted to engage the bottle neck and a disengaged position in which the catch member is adapted to be disengaged from the bottle neck;
- a blocking member which is movably mounted on the base and which is below the catch member to help block access to the catch member from below in the engaged position;
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- a first arm pivotally mounted on the blocking member so that the first arm moves with the blocking member relative to the base;
- wherein the catch member moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position in response to pivotal movement of the first arm.
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A bottle security device comprising:
- a base defining a cavity having a bottom entrance opening;
- the cavity adapted to receive a bottle neck through the bottom entrance opening;
- a first member mounted on the base and movable between a first member engaged position adapted to engage the bottle neck and a first member disengaged position adapted to be disengaged from the bottle neck;
- a second member mounted on the base and movable between a second member engaged position adapted to engage the bottle neck and a second member disengaged position adapted to be disengaged from the bottle neck;
- the second member being movable relative to the first member;
- an upwardly facing surface of the second member;
- a downwardly facing surface of the first member;
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- an engagement between the upwardly facing surface and downwardly facing surface;
- wherein the engagement is a rocking engagement such that the first member is capable of back and forth rocking movement with the downwardly facing surface rockingly engaging the upwardly facing surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.