Patent ID: 7162898

Claim:
A security device for a stanchion having a vertical rod to which an operating handle is pivotally connected on a horizontal axis by a pivot connection, said security device comprising, a housing having a pair of laterally opposite side walls, a back wall, a bottom wall and an upper wall defining a puck lock receiving cavity and including a slot in said back wall extending laterally inward from one of said side walls terminating at an end at a central part of said back wall, and a guide way on the rear side of said back wall extending laterally inward from said one side wall to said central part of said back wall, a forward extending tab rigidly secured to said back wall at said end of said slot, said tab having a laterally extending annular opening adapted for reception of a locking bar of a puck lock, an opening in said one side wall aligned with said slot and said guide way and a cross bar rigidly secured to said housing and extending laterally outward from said one side wall and in front of said pivot connection between said rod and said handle, and a hook including a flat palm having a portion with an end extending laterally into and guided by said guide way with a forward extending arm rigidly secured to said end of said portion, said arm having a laterally extending annular opening aligned with said opening of said tab and a pair of vertically spaced claws curving forwardly from said palm, said claws being adapted to partially encircle said stanchion rod above and below said pivot connection between said handle and said rod thereby limiting vertical displacement of said device relative to said stanchion and maintaining said cross bar in front of said pivot connection and said handle.