Patent ID: 7287404
Filing Date: 2007-10-30
Classification: E05B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A security device for a threaded element, the security device comprising: an inner body configured to engage the threaded element; an outer body coupled as a linear extension to the inner body; a cover disposed over, radial to and freely moveable relative to the inner body and the outer body, and a lock disposed within the outer body, the lock including a plug moveable from an extended position to a retracted position and the security device operable between an unsecured configuration, defined as when the plug is disposed in the extended position, and a secured configuration, defined as when the plug is disposed in a refracted position; wherein the outer body and the inner body are operatively coupled for movement when the security device is disposed in the unsecured configuration; and wherein the outer body is freely rotatable separate from the inner body when the lock is disposed in the secured configuration.