Bottle anti-theft device

Claim 1

AN ANTI-THEFT DEVICE FOR PREVENTING THE REMOVAL OF CONTAINERS FROM STORAWGE RACKS COMPRISING A RIGID, ONEPIECE, NON-DEFORMABLE FRONT PLATE, SAID FRONT PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE CONTAINERS, SAID OPENINGS THEREIN FOR RECEIVING THE CONTAINERS, SAID OPENINGS GENERALLY CONFORMING TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF THE CONTAINERS AND HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE THAN THE GREATEST CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE CONTAINERS TO PERMIT THE CONTAINERS TO READILY PASS THERETHROUGH, A ONEPIECE, FLEXIBLE, RESILIENT, GENERALLY NON-COMPRESSIBLE BACKING PLATE SECURED TO THE BACK OF SAID FRONT PLATE, SAID BACKING PLATE HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS THEREIN ALIGNED WITH T HE OPENINGS IN SAID FRONT PLATE, THE OPENINGS IN SAID BACKING PLATE HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE GREATEST CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF THE CONTAINERS, WHEREBY WHEN THE CONTAINERS ARE PASSED THROUGH SAID FRONT PLATE OPENINGS FOR STORAGE IN A RACK, SAID BACKING PLKATE WILL FLEX SUFFICIENTLY TO PERMIT PASSAGE OF THE CONTAINER THROUGH SAID BACKING PLATE OPENINGS, AND WHEREBY WHEN AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO REMOVE THE CONTAINERS, SAID BACKING PLATE WILL COOPERATE WITH THE OPENING IN SAID FRONT PLATE TO FORM A CONSTRICTION THEREIN, THEREBY REDUCING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID FRONT