Patent ID: 8418327

Claim:
A security system, comprising: a security buckle having a coupled mode and a decoupled mode; a securing subsystem, coupled to said security buckle, maintaining a physical security of a first object when said security buckle is in said coupled mode and releasing said physical security of said first object when said security buckle is in said decoupled mode; and a locking subsystem selectively engageable with and disengageable from said security buckle when said security buckle is in said coupled mode, said locking subsystem having a locked mode and an unlocked mode, said locking subsystem inhibiting both said security buckle from transitioning from said coupled mode to said decoupled mode and inhibiting said selective disengagement from said security buckle when in said locked mode wherein said securing subsystem maintains said physical security while selectively engaged to said security buckle in said coupled mode; wherein said security buckle includes: a first body member having one or more walls defining a receiving cavity and one or more mating slots; and a second body member engageable to said receiving cavity, said second body member including one or more latching tabs engaging said one or more mating slots wherein said second body member is inhibited from disengagement while said one or more latching tabs engage said one or more mating slots, and wherein said first body member includes a portion of said one or more walls defining a security slot adapted for receiving an interfering object extending into said first body member that includes an engagement mode for insertion and removal from said slot and an interfering mode for inhibiting said one or more latching tabs from disengaging from said one or more mating slots until said interfering object is transitioned to said engagement mode, wherein a first mode transition from said engagement mode to said interfering mode misaligns said interfering object with respect to said security slot resisting removal of said interfering object from said security slot, and wherein a second mode transition from said interfering mode to said engagement mode aligns said interfering object with respect to said security slot promoting withdrawal of said interfering object from said security slot.