Patent ID: 6822567
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: E05B

Abstract:
A security device for a bottle having a neck fitted with a closure, the security device comprising:a sleeve adapted to fit over the neck of the bottle and having an aperture formed therethrough; a catch member pivoted to the sleeve externally of the bore for movement between free and locking positions, the catch member having an inner portion which projects through the aperture in the sleeve into the bore thereof and which inner portion is adapted to engage a shoulder of a bottle neck or the closure thereby to resist removal of the sleeve from the bottle neck when the device has been pressed thereon and the catch member is in its locking position; spring means urging the catch member to its locking position; magnetically-operable release means operatively associated with the catch member to control movement thereof away from its locking position to its free position, the magnetically-operable release means including a magnetic locking element which is attracted away from a normal position by an external magnetic field thereafter permitting pivoting movement of the catch member; and a housing enclosing the release means and that part of the catch member external of the sleeve to prevent manual access thereto.