Patent ID: 7007810

Claim:
A display structure and security device for displaying items of merchandise; the combination comprising: a display structure having an outer surface; a security device removably mountable to the display structure; the security device having a base and a first rod; the first rod extending outwardly from the outer surface of the display structure when the security device is mounted to the display structure; the base having locked and unlocked positions; the unlocked position of the base allowing the security device to be removed from the display structure; a lock carried by the base; the lock locking the base in the locked position in abutment against the outer surface of the display structure; the base cooperating with the outer surface of the display structure and the first rod to prevent the security device from being removed from the display structure when the base is in the locked position in abutment against the display structure; and a key configured to unlock the lock to allow the base to move from the locked position to the unlocked position.