Securing device for objects

• US 10,134,248 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pataco AG
• Original Assignee: Pataco AG
• Inventors: Bruhwiler, Cornel, Kreider, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US15/349,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20170323536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 3405729
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0017 Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0029 Tags wrapped around the protected product using cables, wires or the like, e.g. with cable retraction for tensioning
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/00 Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2434 Tag housing and attachment details

Abstract

In a securing device for attachment of an object which is to be secured, wherein the securing device has a housing with a base plate and a lid as well as means for generating an alarm when the securing device is removed from the object without authorization, wherein the securing device is attached to the object by a double-adhesive strip having a double-adhesive first section and a non-adhesive second section. The first section has an initial adhesiveness which is lost when the strip is stretched. The second section forms a grip for stretching the double-adhesive strip. The double-adhesive strip is attached on one side to the underside of the base plate so that it is covered by the base plate and on the other side to the object. The non-adhesive second section is placed between the base plate and the lid in its closed state such the grip is only accessible only in the open state of the housing. Also disclosed is an object securing system having a housing for being secured to an object by two belts crossing each other, the housing having a base plate, a lid, a locking mechanism and an alarm triggering apparatus. The base plate can be slid between the surface of the object and the belts, so that the belts cross at the center of the base plate to hold the housing on the object. The locking mechanism when in the locked state prevents the base plate from being slid out from between the object and the belts, and an alarm is triggered when the securing device is detached from the object without authorization.

Claims

1. A securing device for securing an object, comprising

a housing with a base plate having an underside to be attached to the object to be secured and a lid being selectively movable relative to the base plate between an open state and a closed state of the housing while said securing device is attached the object, and with a lock for locking said base plate to said lid in the closed state, as well as with an apparatus for triggering an alarm when the securing device is being detached from the object or is being transferred from the closed state to the opened state without authorization;

a double-adhesive strip having a double adhesive first section and a non-adhesive second section, the first section having an initial adhesiveness and losing this initial adhesiveness when being stretched, the second section forming a grip for stretching the double-adhesive strip;

wherein for attaching the securing device to the object, the double-adhesive first section is to be affixed with one side to the underside of the base plate and with the opposing other side to the object, such that the double-adhesive first section is completely covered by the base plate, and

wherein the non-adhesive second section is to be placed between the base plate and the lid in the closed state, such that said grip is accessible only in the open state of the housing.

2. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for triggering an alarm comprises a sensor for detecting contact between the device and the object and triggering an alarm in response to the removal of the securing device from the object without authorization.

3. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for triggering an alarm comprises at least one of a mechanical sensor and an optical sensor, wherein the mechanical sensor at least in the closed state protects a contact to the object through the base plate and response to a loss of said contact with the object, and wherein the optical sensor emits light through the base plate, detects reflections of said light from the object through the base plate, and reacts to changes in said reflections.

4. The securing device according to claim 3, wherein the mechanical sensor comprises a contact switch for contacting the object to which the securing device is attached when said base plate and said lid are in the closed state.

5. The securing device according to claim 3, wherein the optical sensor comprises an electric eye or an image sensor.

6. The securing device according to claim 3, wherein the optical sensor is insensitive to ambient light.

7. The securing device according to claim 3, wherein the optical sensor emits infrared light.

8. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for triggering an alarm comprises a resonant oscillating circuit detectable by an electronic object securing system and triggers an alarm when the resonant oscillating circuit is energized by the electronic object securing system.

9. The securing device according to claim 1, further comprising a hinge for connecting the base plate and the lid to one another for enabling the selective movement of said base plate relative to said lid while the securing device is attached to the object.

10. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the securing device includes a slide and a spring for biasing said slide into locking engagement with said base plate in response to moving said base plate and said lid relative to one another from said open state to said closed state to activate the locking of said base plate and said lid by the slide and said base plate.

11. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the securing device includes a slender pin.

12. The securing device according to claim 10 wherein the securing device includes a slender pin, and wherein the slender pin is connected to the slide and upon movement of the slide into a pushed-in position of the slide, the slender pin connected to the slide is introduced into the lock, where the slender pin is prevented from moving back by spring loaded balls for automatically locking the lid and the base plate together in the closed state.

13. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein closing the securing device activates the apparatus for triggering an alarm.

14. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein said lock has a locking condition and a releasing condition.

15. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the lock is magnetically releasable with a magnetic opener and/or is mechanically releasable with a key.

16. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein releasing the lock deactivates the apparatus for triggering an alarm.

17. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for triggering an alarm can be deactivated by remote control or by a deactivator plate.

18. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for triggering an alarm triggers a multistage alarm in terms of intensity and/or duration.

19. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the base plate comprises at least one groove-like indentation and/or the lid comprises at least one recess in which groove-like indentation and recess, respectively, the double-adhesive strip may at least partly be accommodated.

20. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein said apparatus for triggering an alarm comprises a two-strand cable, wherein one end of said cable is connected to the securing device, and wherein another end of said cable is provided with an apparatus for attachment to an additional object.

21. The securing device according to claim 20, wherein the one end of said cable is connected to a plug connector disposed within the securing device and is accessible only in the open state thereof.

22. The securing device according to claim 20, wherein the apparatus for attachment to an additional object comprises an additional housing with a mechanical sensor for detecting contact with the additional object through the additional housing and in the case of loss of contact with the additional object, breaks an electrical connection between the two strands of the cable.

23. The securing device according to claim 20, wherein the apparatus for attachment to an additional object comprises an eye on the other cable end and a sleeve in which the two strands of the cable are electrically connected to one another.