Security apparatus for monitoring an article
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1. A security apparatus for attachment to an article to be monitored, said security apparatus comprising:
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first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; and
second means on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a base relative to which the article to be monitored is to be confined and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored into a second state as with the body at least partially separated from the article to be monitored,said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the security apparatus is to be connected,wherein the conformable part of the body is made from a material that can be reconfigured into a plurality of different shapes and maintains itself in the plurality of different shapes,wherein the conformable part of the body comprises thermal setting rubber.
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A security apparatus for attachment to an article to be monitored. The security apparatus has a body, first structure for maintaining the body operatively connected to an article to be monitored, and second structure on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a support and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to an article to be monitored into a second state with the body at least partially separated from an article to be monitored. The body has at least a part that is conformable to a surface on an article to which the security apparatus is attached.
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1. A security apparatus for attachment to an article to be monitored, said security apparatus comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; and second means on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a base relative to which the article to be monitored is to be confined and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored into a second state as with the body at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the security apparatus is to be connected, wherein the conformable part of the body is made from a material that can be reconfigured into a plurality of different shapes and maintains itself in the plurality of different shapes, wherein the conformable part of the body comprises thermal setting rubber.
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2. A security apparatus for attachment to an article to be monitored, said security apparatus comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; and second means on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a base relative to which the article to be monitored is to be confined and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored into a second state as with the body at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the security apparatus is attached, wherein the conformable part of the body is made from a deformable material that defines a first surface that is conformed to the underlying surface on the article to be monitored and the first means comprises an adhesive that acts between the first surface and the underlying surface on the article to be monitored, wherein the part of the body comprises thermal setting rubber that defines the first surface.
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3. A security system for monitoring an article, said system comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; a control unit remote from the body; and means for establishing an electrical circuit between the control unit and the body, said control unit including second means for sensing that the electrical circuit has been broken and generating a signal indicative of the fact that the electrical circuit has been broken as when said body is at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, there being means on at least one of the control unit and body for giving a sensory indication that the electrical circuit is broken in response to the signal being generated by the second means, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the body is attached, wherein the conformable part of the body is made from a material that can be reconfigured into a plurality of different shapes and maintains itself in the plurality of different shapes, wherein the first means comprises means for fixedly mounting at least a part of the conformable part of the body against the article to be monitored with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored.
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4. A security system for monitoring an article, said system comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; a control unit remote from the body; and means for establishing an electrical circuit between the control unit and body, said control unit including second means for sensing that the electrical circuit has been broken and generating a signal indicative of the fact that the electrical circuit has been broken as when said body is at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, there being means on at least one of the control unit and body for giving a sensory indication that the electrical circuit is broken in response to the signal being generated by the second means, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the body is attached, wherein the conformable part of the body comprises thermal setting rubber.
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5. A security system for monitoring an article, said system comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; a control unit remote from the body; and means for establishing an electrical circuit between the control unit and body, said control unit including second means for sensing that the electrical circuit has been broken and generating a signal indicative of the fact that the electrical circuit has been broken as when said body is at least partially separated from said article, there being means on at least one of the control unit and body for giving a sensory indication that the electrical circuit is broken in response to the signal being generated by the second means, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the body is attached, wherein the body has a thickness taken transversely to a surface on the article to which the body is attached, the body has a central portion with a first thickness and a peripheral flange having a thickness less than the first thickness and defining at least a part of the part of the body that is conformable, wherein the flange is made from thermal setting rubber.
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6. A security apparatus for attachment to an article to be monitored, said security apparatus comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; and second means on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a base relative to which the article to be monitored is to be confined and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored into a second state as with the body at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the security apparatus is to be connected, wherein the conformable part of the body is made from a material that can be reconfigured into a plurality of different shapes and maintains itself in the plurality of different shapes independently of the article to which the security apparatus is to be connected and without any external force being applied to the body. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A security apparatus for attachment to an article to be monitored, said security apparatus comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; and second means on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a base relative to which the article to be monitored is to be confined and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored into a second state with the body at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, said body having at least a part comprising thermal setting rubber that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the security apparatus is attached. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A security system for monitoring an article, said system comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; a control unit remote from the body; and means for establishing an electrical circuit between the control unit and body, said control unit including second means for sensing that the electrical circuit has been broken and generating a signal indicative of the fact that the electrical circuit has been broken as when said body is at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, there being means on at least one of the control unit and body for giving a sensory indication that the electrical circuit is broken in response to the signal being generated by the second means, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the body is attached, wherein the body has a thickness taken transversely to a surface on the article to which the body is attached, the body has a central portion with a first thickness and a peripheral flange having a thickness less than the first thickness and defining at least a part of the part of the body that is conformable. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A security apparatus for attachment to an article to monitored, said security apparatus comprising:
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a body; first means for maintaining the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored; and second means on the body for at least one of a) mechanically connecting the body to a base relative to which the article to be monitored is to be confined and b) changing from a first state with the body operatively connected to the article to be monitored into a second state as with the body at least partially separated from the article to be monitored, said body having at least a part that is conformable to a surface on the article to which the security apparatus is to be connected, wherein the conformable part of the body is made from a material that can be reconfigured into a plurality of different shapes and maintains itself in the plurality of different shapes independently of the article to which the security apparatus is to be connected, wherein the conformable part of the body defines a first surface that can be conformed to an underlying surface on the article to be monitored and the first means comprises an adhesive that acts between the first surface and the underlying surface on the article to be monitored. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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