Patent ID: 8181495
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An anti-theft device and a fuel dispenser cabinet on which the anti-theft device is installed to secure and prevent access to components within an interior of the fuel dispenser cabinet, the fuel dispenser cabinet being secured to a foundation and having upper and lower margins, sides defining a periphery and vertical corners of the fuel dispenser cabinet, an access door located in a first side of the sides of the fuel dispenser cabinet, and a fuel nozzle carriage located on the first side above the access door, the anti-theft device comprising: first and second frame units, each of the first and second frame units comprising vertical legs joined by a first cross-member oriented transverse to the vertical legs, the first cross-member of the first frame unit being positioned beneath the fuel nozzle carriage and across the access door and preventing access to the interior of the fuel dispenser cabinet through the access door; and releasable means for selectively allowing and preventing access to the interior of the fuel dispenser cabinet through the access door, the releasable means comprising means for securing the first and second frame units together so that the anti-theft device surrounds the periphery of the fuel dispenser cabinet, the first cross-member of the first frame unit is positioned beneath the fuel nozzle carriage and across the access door, and the vertical legs and the first cross-members prevent the anti-theft device from being laterally and vertically removed from the fuel dispenser cabinet.