Patent ID: 6769557
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B65D,E05B

Abstract:
A bottle security device for use with a bottle having a neck, the bottle security device comprising:an inner member adapted to fit around at least a portion of the neck of the bottle; the inner member including a body and a plurality of resilient fingers cantilevered from the body; an outer member having a cavity, the inner member selectively positionable in the cavity; the outer member having an inwardly and upwardly tapering camming surface; a locking mechanism having a locked condition and an unlocked condition; a key being required to change the locked condition of the lock mechanism to an unlocked condition; at least a portion of the lock mechanism being disposed intermediate the inner and outer members such that in a locked condition the lock mechanism prevents the inner member from moving outwardly from within the cavity when the inner member is positioned in the cavity; and each finger including a neck portion having a lower end from which extends an inwardly extending shoulder and an outwardly extending shoulder which engages the camming surface as the inner member is moved into the outer member to move the fingers inwardly toward the bottle neck.