Patent ID: 7281397

Claim:
An article securing device comprising: a lock device that includes a male portion with a projection and a female portion for receiving the male portion; a mount portion independent of the lock device that is attached with mounting hardware to a support structure and includes a wall structure that mounts to the support structure and defines a cavity for removably receiving the male portion or the female portion of the lock device; a removable holder portion that carries both the male portion and the female portion of the lock device separable from the mount portion and being securingly engaged to the mount portion for assisting in holding an article, and; a retainer member cover associated with at least one of the holder portion or the mount portion, and having an opening therethrough, the retainer member cover being configured for covering and enclosing the cavity of the mount portion, concealing the mounting hardware, and capturing and enclosing the male portion or the female portion of the lock device that is received in the cavity beneath the retainer member cover; wherein the projection of the male portion of the lock device penetrates through the opening of the retainer member cover, and the male portion and the female portion of the lock device are disposed on opposite sides of the retainer member cover and the article when securing the article, and wherein the male portion and the female portion of the lock device is removable from the mount portion and, upon removal, functions to lock the article.