Patent ID: 8179267

Claim:
A security device, removably affixable to an article, the security device comprising; a housing including: an exterior securing side; an interior channel having an opening adjacent the exterior securing side, the channel oriented at an acute angle with respect to the exterior securing side; and a locking element disposed within the housing adjacent the interior channel; and a rigid bifurcated strap with diverging first and second arms, the first and second arms defining an inside surface therebetween, the first arm being insertable into the channel in the housing and having a latching region engagable with the-locking element of the housing, the second arm having a distal end with the inside surface of the second arm proximate the end including a securing region having at least one protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion configured and positioned to contact the exterior securing side of the housing when the first arm is inserted into the channel; the strap slidingly movable within the channel between an open position and a locked position in which the first arm is retained within the channel, the retention of first arm within the channel causing the securing region of the second arm to exert compressive force against the securing side, wherein moving the strap into the locked position compresses the securing region into the exterior securing side of the housing to secure a portion of the article therebetween.