SNEER AT PURSE SNATCHERS.

• Position: PurseGuard - Brief Article

Despite warnings to the contrary, many women still insist on hanging their purses from the back of their chair in restaurants, easy prey for a light-fingered thief. Considering all the credit cards, other valuable pieces of information (driver's license, ID cards, etc.), keys, photos, medication, and, of course, cash in this single repository, putting it at risk borders on insanity.

Zelco Industries, Inc., Mt. Vernon, N.Y., has a deceptively simple deterrence for such crime in its PurseGuard. The device is a simple hook that can be hung from the tabletop. The top has a built-in alarm, while the bottom is designed for a purse strap to be hooked over. Once the switch on...