Patent ID: 6700488
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
In combination:a) a portable device; and b) a security system comprising a first holding portion and a second holding portion spaced from the first holding portion, the first and second holding portions being movable relative to each other to selectively change a spacing distance between the first and second holding portions, the first and second holding portions captively engaging the portable device with the first and second holding portions in an engaged state and movable relative to each other from the engaged state to a release state; a setting mechanism which can be selectively placed in a secured state and an unsecured state, the setting mechanism in the secured state causing the first and second holding portions to be maintained relative to each other in the engaged state, the setting mechanism in the unsecured state allowing the first and second holding elements to be moved relative to each other from the engaged state into the release state; and an access assembly having first and second states, the access assembly in the first state permitting the setting mechanism to be changed from the secured state into the unsecured state, the access assembly in the second state preventing the setting mechanism from being changed from the secured state into the unsecured state.