Patent ID: 8752406
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A security device adapted to secure an article supported by display packaging, the security device comprising: a housing defining an aperture configured to receive a secured portion of the article; an engagement member disposed generally proximate the aperture; a sliding member configured to move the engagement member from a release position, wherein the secured portion may be removed from the aperture, to a capture position, wherein the engagement member engages the secured portion to inhibit removal of the secured portion from the aperture; a locking mechanism that is configured between a locked position, wherein the engagement member is fixed in the capture position, and an unlocked position, wherein the engagement member is free to move to the release position; and wherein the locking mechanism is configured to move from the locked position to the unlocked position in response to an applied key.