Patent ID: 7570161

Claim:
An anti-theft and safety mechanism for bottles comprising: a) an external support body; b) locking and unlocking means, said locking and unlocking means operating transversally to a longitudinal axis of the support body, said locking and unlocking means being adapted to be magnetically attracted outside the support body in order to unlock the anti-theft and safety mechanism, the locking and unlocking means comprising at least one sliding pin made of ferromagnetic material cooperating with elastic means and connected to a locking saw-toothed slider, the locking and unlocking means being contained in a housing projecting from outside the support body; and c) means for securing the anti-theft and safety mechanism onto a neck of a bottle, the means for securing comprising a locking element comprising and coaxial with a housing element of the neck of the bottle, the locking element being equipped with flexible locking wings, the housing element being equipped with a saw-toothed rail adapted to operatively cooperate with the locking saw-toothed slider and with slits adapted to allow the locking wings to pass therethrough; and wherein the support body is internally equipped with longitudinal wings adapted to cooperate with the locking wings, each one of the longitudinal wings being equipped with a tapered portion and with a narrowed portion.