FLEXIBLE SEALING-AND-CLOSING DEVICE WITH UNAUTHORISED OPENING CONTROL MEANS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC E05B39/02 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: device contains a body 1 and a cord length 2 one end whereof 3 is passive while the second free end 4, equipped with a tip 5 with a neck 6, is passed through the pass-through channel 9 so that to form a loop and fixed therein, fastened by means of the locking mechanism 10 positioned inside the body. The unauthorised opening control means is designed in the form of a spring fixture 11 interacting with the tip neck while the tip is being pushed through the dedicated hole 12 intended for the tip in the cover 13 during the non-operational reverse loop formation According to the invention, the device is equipped with an enclosure compartment 14 intended for closing the dedicated hole 12 and simultaneously serving as the operational pad for the spring fixture 11 support. The enclosure compartment 14 is represented by a thin metal plate fixed in the body jointly with the lower cover 13 having a hole to accommodate 15 the stabiliser 16 of the closure spring 17 while the operational pad is formed in the open trapezoid-shaped duct 18. The fixture is freely mounted on the duct, with the duct open sides (while the device is assembled) are covered with the body walls. Reliability of the tip fixation in this position is checked by an attempt to remove it from the cover, manually and with little force applied. In case of unauthorised removal the tip is either destroyed or pulled off the cord length. Neither fact passes unobserved.

EFFECT: ensuring unauthorised opening control.

2 cl, 6 dwg