Patent ID: 8373565

Claim:
A security apparatus comprising: a ribbon pad having a bottom surface and a top surface and at least one set of at least two electrically conductive ribbon segments extending from said top surface of said ribbon pad, each of said electrically conductive ribbon segments within each set having electrical continuity with each other; a base plate having a bottom surface, a top surface, a first attaching component, and a retainer for the end of each said ribbon segment opposite said ribbon plate; and, a housing enclosing an interior space and housing electronic components, said housing having a bottom surface, a top surface and at least one side connecting said bottom surface and said top surface, said housing having a second attaching component complimentary to said first attaching component on said base plate, said first attaching component and said second attaching component facilitating the releasable attachment of said housing to said base plate with said bottom surface of said housing facing said top surface of said base plate; said bottom surface of said housing having at least one set of two electrical contacts, each said electrical contact having electrical continuity with the interior of said housing and positioned to make contact with an electrically conductive ribbon segment retained on said base plate, said electronic components in said housing completing electrical continuity within each set of electrical contacts; wherein said electrically conductive ribbon segments are sufficiently long to wrap around an object to be protected and contact a base plate positioned on the object opposite to a ribbon pad.