Patent ID: 7370892

Claim:
A security seal, comprising a housing and a hasp moveable relative to said housing in a first direction between a locked position and a unlocked position; said hasp, in the locked position, being lockable to said housing by a disposable seal; said housing having an opening allowing insertion of the disposable seal in a second direction different from the first direction; and said hasp including a first locking element engageable, in the locked position, with a second, matching locking element of the disposable seal to prevent movement of said hasp in the first direction toward the unlocked position and withdrawal of said disposable seal in the second direction, wherein: said hasp further includes a portion which, in the locked position, is received in said housing, extends in the second direction across an edge of said opening, and is adapted to engage the disposable seal beyond both sides of a line of weakness adapted to be arranged along the edge of said opening, thereby minimizing the possibility of undesirable failure of the line of weakness of the disposable seal when said hasp is pulled in the first direction away from the locked position.