Anti-theft device for bottles
US5602530A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 21, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2211/00
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The invention relates to an anti-shop lifting device, intended to be passed onto and locked to a bottle-neck having an external circumferential bead. The device comprises an outer socket (15) which can be shifted in relation to an inner socket (10) between two end positions and is locked by latch means (24) in one end position. A number of retainers (21) distributed peripherally on the inner surface of the outer socket, when the outer socket is in said one end position extend into the inner socket through openings (13) in the wall of said inner socket to an engaged position in which the retainers engage behind the bead of the bottle-neck in order to prevent the anti-shop-lifting device form being withdrawn. The latch means (24) is biased to latching position but can be actuated by means of an external element (13) to a disengaged position against the bias in order to allow movement of the retainers from the engaged position and thus withdrawal of the anti-shop-lifting device from the bottle-neck.
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