Patent ID: 7992259

Claim:
A security device adapted to be placed on an object to prevent said object from being opened, said device comprising: a housing; a plurality of cable loops extending outwardly from the housing for placement about the object; a ratchet mechanism located within the housing and operatively connected to the cable loops, said ratchet mechanism operatively connected to a rotatable spool for maintaining the cable loops tensioned around the object; a plurality of openings formed in the housing for passage of the cable loops therethrough for placement about the object; and a tension reducing device operatively engageable with the cable loops generally adjacent the housing openings for abruptly changing the direction of said cable loops after passing of said loops in a generally tangential direction out of the housing openings prior to said loops extending about the object; said tension reducing device including a collar mounted on the housing and formed with a plurality of openings located adjacent to the housing openings requiring the cable loops to abruptly change direction and pass beneath said collar when placed about the object; and wherein the collar is snap-fitted onto the housing by a plurality of tabs formed on one of the housing and collar and engageable in holes formed in the other of the collar and housing.