Portable alarm actuated by attempted theft

Claim 1

Apparatus for sounding an alarm when a flexible cable securing a movable object to a fixed support is cut comprising a hollow housing secured to the object, said housing being open at one end and having two oppositely disposed openings in opposite side walls; a battery powered device for sounding an audio alarm when energized, said device having a normally open microswitch and two terminals, said device being armed when the switch is closed and the two terminals electrically interconnected to thereafter sound an alarm when the connection between said terminals is broken, said device being disposed in the housing; an elongated flexible electrical conductor having an insulated outer cover and having terminal engaging means at each end, said conductor being wrapped around the support constituting said cable, each means extending through a corresponding opening to engage a corresponding terminal of the device; and means for removably closing the open end, the means having an inwardly extending prong which engages said switch to close same when the means is in place, said closure means also having a pair of elongated inwardly extending arms which slidably and tightly engage portions of the conductor adjacent corresponding end means to prevent disconnection of terminal engaging means and terminal.