Abstract: A locking device (10) includes a pair of end pieces (12, 14) and a locking member (16). One end piece (12) receives an end of the locking member, while the other end piece (14) is configured to receive the other end when the locking member is inserted through an object to lock the locking device to the object. The end pieces are formed together via a forming process, and are joined together via at least one frangible element or portion (18, 20) that is formed or molded during the forming process. The end pieces thus may be separated via breaking the frangible element or elements when it is desired to lock the locking device to an object. Multiple locking devices may be formed together and may be joined via frangible portions or elements such that a strip or series (22) of locking devices may be unitarily formed together.

Abstract: A locking device or security seal includes a locking element, a locking body and a label adhesively applied to a surface of the locking body. The locking body is configured to receive an end of the locking element therein to secure the security seal at an object. The label has indicia formed therethrough and the locking body has the same indicia formed in its surface via a laser etching process. The label is removable from the surface of the locking body and is applicable to a tracking form to record identifying indicia of the security seal. The laser beam may be selected to selectively burn through the label material and at least partially into a non-metallic material of or at the surface of the locking body, without substantially burning into the locking body, such as into a metallic locking body or into a non-metallic or polymeric locking body.