Patent ID: 8087270

Claim:
A helmet and anti-theft device assembly for securing a helmet to an object such as a motorcycle or other similar vehicle comprising: a helmet, said helmet removably surrounded by a cage, the cage formed from high security steel cable secured together with fasteners, said cage formed from a top loop and a bottom loop that are attached to each other by a plurality of side cables, each said side cable fixedly attached to the top loop at spaced apart intervals and movably attached to the bottom loop at spaced apart intervals so as to form the cage around the helmet, said bottom loop formed from a closure cable that is slidably fastened together so that the bottom loop is of adjustable diameter and serves as a draw string type closure for the cage via which the helmet can be removably inserted into the cage, ends of the closure cable extending beyond the bottom loop and capable of being reversibly cinched together to close the cage around the helmet in order to capture the helmet within the cage, and means for locking the ends of the closure cable to an object so that the cage and helmet cannot be detached from the object by an unauthorized person.