Patent ID: 7345707

Claim:
A device for preventing theft of a camera assembly mounted on a tree, said assembly comprising instruments including a camera and a case substantially enclosing said instruments, said case having peripheral sides and a front side having defined therein openings providing external access to viewing instruments; said device comprising a housing including top and bottom sides, left and right sides and a front side, said front side comprising; a frame open at a central location allowing viewing by said instruments and the frame overlapping the instruments so as to preclude removal thereof from the front; said bottom side at a rear location thereof connected to a first vertical and upwardly extending bracket having defined therein an opening including an enlarged lower portion allowing passage of said first bracket over a lag bolt head of a first lag bolt and a narrower passage allowing sliding vertical movement, but not movement away from the tree so that the first bracket may be hooked over the lag bolt head of the first lag bolt and pulled downward into position; said top side at a rear location thereof connected to a second vertical and upwardly extending bracket having defined therein an opening for receiving a second lag bolt connecting said second bracket to said tree, a hub connected to said second bracket and disposed around a head of said second lag bolt, precluding access to the second lag bolt in a radial direction and a plug lock engageable with said hub, precluding access in an axial direction.