Locks – Special application – For antitheft signaling device on protected article
Patent
1997-11-25
1998-08-18
Meyers, Steven N.
Locks
Special application
For antitheft signaling device on protected article
70 49, 242596, 242421, 24 18, E05B 6500
Patent
active
057944644
ABSTRACT:
A security device which includes a locking member, a ratchet member, and a plurality of cables. The cables extend through both a fastener and a base of the locking member and are wrapped around all six sides of a book or box-like structure. The fastener is releasably snap-fitted into the base and secured therein by a pair of metal tines. The ratchet member includes a housing containing a gear and bearing member which are latched together in a spaced relationship to form a reel and a pawl. A bottom plate encloses the contents of the housing. The gear includes a multi-sided key hole, a plurality of openings to secure enlarged ends of the cables therein, and a plurality of teeth. The gear and bearing member each include an annular nub which sits in and rotates around a corresponding bearing surface of the bottom plate and housing, respectively. The pawl has a catch and a resilient spring and communicates with the gear to allow the ratchet member to be turned only in one direction. Two specialized tools are required to tighten the device around the box-like structure and to remove the security device from the same.
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Alford William G.
Gallagher Christopher G.
Marsilio Ronald M
Weisburn James T.
Yeager Lawrence R.
Alpha Enterprises, Inc.
Meyers Steven N.
Pham Tuye T-Phuong
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