Patent ID: 6227018
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
A security cover for a display case having a base and a plurality of generally transparent faces through which contents of the display case can be viewed, the security cover comprising:an anchor adapted to be fixedly mounted to the base of the display case;a pair of rigid, frangible-resistant panels each having a proximal edge adapted to be releasably coupled to the anchor and a distal edge, the distal edges of the panels being adapted to confront one another when installed on the display case and be releasably coupled together to prevent their unauthorized removal, wherein the distal edge of each panel includes a flange with a lock aperture, the flanges of the panels being mirror images of each other and the lock apertures being aligned so that a lock may be inserted through the aligned lock apertures to releasably couple the panels together on the display case, the panels being so formed as to in combination conform to and cover the faces of the display case to inhibit unauthorized access to the contents of the display case;a lock bar having a pair of spaced sidewalls, a lock bar aperture in each sidewall and a pin extending between the sidewalls; anda slot in the flange of each panel;wherein when the panels are installed on the display case and the flanges juxtaposed to each other with the respective slots aligned the lock bar is adapted to be coupled to the flanges with the pin inserted into the aligned slots and the lock inserted into the lock apertures and the lock bar apertures.