Patent ID: 6375286
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A47F,Y10T

Abstract:
A combination comprising:a display case having a base and a front face, a top face and a rear face through which contents of the display case can be viewed; and, a selectively removable security cover for the display case, the security cover further comprising (a) a front rail and a rear rail each spaced from and adapted to be fixedly mounted to the base proximate the front face and the rear face, respectively; (b) a plurality of rigid, frangible-resistant generally L-shaped panels each having a proximal edge on a vertical pane thereof and a terminal edge with a flange on a horizontal pane thereof, each proximal edge being adapted to be releasably coupled to one of the rails with one of the vertical panes being juxtaposed to the front face and the other vertical pane being juxtaposed to the rear face of the display case, the horizontal panes of the panels being juxtaposed to the top face of the display case with the flanges of the panels being adapted to confront one another when installed on the display case and be releasably coupled together, the panels in combination covering the faces of the display case to inhibit unauthorized access to the contents of the display case; (c) at least one slot and at least one lock aperture in each flange, the slots and the lock apertures of the flanges of the panels being aligned when the panels are installed on the display case; and (d) a U-shaped lock bar having a pair of spaced sidewalls and aligned lock bar apertures in each sidewall and a pin extending between the sidewalls; 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 coupled to the flanges with the pin inserted into the aligned slots and a lock inserted into the lock apertures and the lock bar apertures to releasably couple the panels together on the display case.