Patent ID: 7878033
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A security device for attaching around a generally annular article to be protected from theft, said device comprising: a rigid housing having first and second opposed ends, an inner perimeter, an outer perimeter, and upper and lower opposed outer surfaces each extending from adjacent the inner perimeter to adjacent the outer perimeter and from adjacent the first end to adjacent the second end; an interior chamber formed in the housing with an entry port; a strap secured to and extending outwardly from the housing; and a locking mechanism disposed in the interior chamber for lockably engaging the strap when the strap is inserted through the entry port to secure the strap in a locked position in which the strap and inner perimeter of the housing define therebetween an article-receiving space adapted to receive the generally annular article and in which the strap and inner perimeter of the housing together assume a generally circular configuration which is generally concentric about a vertical axis; and wherein the upper outer surface tapers radially outwardly and downwardly relative to the vertical axis from adjacent the inner perimeter to adjacent the outer perimeter and the lower outer surface tapers radially outwardly and upwardly relative to the vertical axis from adjacent the inner perimeter to adjacent the outer perimeter so that the upper and lower outer surfaces taper radially outwardly and toward one another from adjacent the inner perimeter to adjacent the outer perimeter; and each of the tapered outer surfaces and a plane perpendicular to the vertical axis defines therebetween an angle of at least 25 degrees.