Patent ID: 9626848
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: C11C,E05B,G08B

Claim:
1. A security device for insertion into a container product for protection of the container product, the security device comprising: a body portion moveable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration; and a locking mechanism operable to lock the body portion in the expanded configuration and operable to unlock the body portion from the expanded configuration; wherein, when the body portion is locked in the expanded configuration, the body portion has a length that cannot be reduced below a predefined length; when the body portion is in the contracted configuration, the body portion is insertable into the container product through an opening of the container product; when the body portion is inside the container product, the body portion is able to be moved from the contracted configuration to the expanded configuration; and when the body portion is inside the container product in the expanded configuration, the locking mechanism is engageable to lock the body portion in the expanded configuration such that the body portion cannot be removed from the container product through the opening of the container product.