Patent ID: 7134302

Claim:
An anti-theft security device for a golf club comprising: a golf club having a shaft, said shaft having a ferromagnetic portion; a carrier having a pair of inter-engaging body parts hinged together so as to close around and clasp a part of said ferromagnetic portion of said shaft, each of said pair of inter-engaging body parts being a shell formed of a resilient material, said pair of inter-engaging body parts being releasably secured together so as to form a cylindrical sleeve that snugly fits entirely around and grips said shaft of said golf club, each of said pair of inter-engaging body parts being a half-cylindrical sleeve, said carrier defining a chamber having a tell-tale provision therein, said tell-tale provision having electromagnetic characteristics, said tell-tale provisions being enclosed within said carrier and retained within said chamber when said carrier is clasped to said shaft in spaced relation to said part of said ferromagnetic portion of said golf club so as to avoid any adverse magnetic effects from said ferromagnetic portion of said golf club upon said tell-tale provision, said tell-tale provision being spaced at least 3 millimeters from said shaft.