Patent ID: 7474209

Claim:
A security device for use with an item of merchandise, said device comprising: a housing; a flexible electrically conductive cable having first and second ends, said first end being connected to the housing and the second end being connected to a plug, said plug being an elongated member formed of a dielectric material selectively connectable to and removable from the housing; a magnetically actuated locking mechanism mounted in the housing engagable with the plug and moveable between locked and unlocked positions to lock the plug to the housing, said locking mechanism including at least one magnetically attractable locking projection engageable with the plug for locking the plug to the housing; and an alarm system mounted within the housing and electrically connected to the first end of the cable and activated when the plug moves into the locked position to sound an audible alarm contained within the housing when the integrity of the cable is compromised.