Patent ID: 6959627

Claim:
A security device adapted for use with a selected bolt and nut combination in order to secure first and second objects to one another and wherein said bolt has a bolt head and a threaded shaft and wherein one of said bolt head and said nut has maximum dimension measured between diametrically opposite points and a selected thickness in order to prevent unauthorized removal of said one of said bolt and nut by a wrench having a standard socket operative to matably engage said one of said bolt head and nut wherein said standard socket has a standard sidewall thickness, comprising: (A) a body portion having a base, a frusto-conical outer surface extending from said base at an acute angle and a cylindrical first cavity formed therein with a radially extending flange defining a bolt hole that is coaxial with the first cavity and that is adapted to receive the shaft of said bolt, said first cavity having a depth at least about the selected thickness and a cylindrical cavity sidewall surface sized to allow a selected finite radial clearance between the cavity sidewall surface and the maximum dimension of said one of said bolt head and nut, said radial clearance being selected to be smaller than the standard sidewall thickness of said standard socket.