Patent ID: 7592548

Claim:
A security cable to electrically connect and to mechanically secure an article to prevent theft of the article from a display area, the security cable comprising: a plurality of wires to electrically connect the article wherein each wire has a core wherein the core is separately encased within an insulating material without connection to any other wire of the plurality of wires wherein the core has a diameter and the insulating material has a thickness wherein the thickness of the insulating material is greater than the diameter of the core and further wherein a first wire in the plurality of wires transmits a first signal and a second wire in the plurality of wires transmits a second signal; a metal cord to mechanically secure the article wherein the metal cord has a length defined between a first end and a second end wherein the metal cord has a tensile strength of at least 400 pounds wherein each of the plurality of wires is independently wound around the length of the metal cord at a pitch that is angularly oriented with respect to the length of metal cord without electrical connection between the metal cord and the plurality of wires; a housing having a length defined between a first end and a second end wherein the housing has walls enclosing an interior of the housing wherein each wire and the metal cord extend within the interior of the housing from the first end of the housing to the second end of the housing wherein each wire is located between the metal cord and the housing wherein the housing is made of a nonconductive material wherein the nonconductive material of the housing is adjacent to the insulating material of each wire; and a fastener connected to the first end of the metal cord to mechanically secure the article wherein the fastener extends from the first end of the metal cord.