Anti-theft apparatus and anti-theft subject for rental or the like

• US 20060081020A1
• Filed: 12/30/2004
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Safe Lock Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Safe Lock Company Limited
• Inventors: Hsiao, Yu-Ling, Chen, Yun Ju, Wu, Yueh-Ching
• Application Number:
  US11/025,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20060081020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 70/57.100
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0023 Containers, boxes, cases or the like, e.g. for compact discs or video-cassettes, specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5004 For antitheft signaling device on protected article
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5031 Receptacle

Abstract

An anti-theft apparatus in which a case for an anti-theft subject is formed by a lid body coupled to a box body via a hinge. An inserting member guided by a guide provided in the case is inserted from an insertion port at a desired position of the case in order to prevent the case from being opened. The inserting member is provided with a retaining hook which is pressed back against a restoring force during insertion of the inserting member, and the case is provided with an engaging portion with which the retaining hook forms a locking relation upon complete insertion of the inserting member. A desired number of retaining hooks are provided on a line in a direction of inserting the inserting member, and the retaining hook partially employs a metal which is operable to be absorbed by a magnet. The inserting member is provided with a stopper for inhibiting the retaining hook from contacting an inner surface of the case during the disengaging procedure.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. An anti-theft apparatus comprising:

a display case including a box body and a lid body connected to a side of said box body via a hinge so as to be operable to open and close an opening of said box body, said display case having;

a guide with an insertion port; and

an engaging portion; and

an inserting member to be inserted into said guide via said insertion port so as to thereby prevent said display case from being opened, said inserting member having;

a resilient retaining hook operable to generate a restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said retaining hook being operable to engage said engaging portion of said display case due to said restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide, said retaining hook being at least partially metallic so as to be magnetically attractable by a magnet; and

a stopper for limiting movement of said retaining hook when said retaining hook is attracted by the magnet so as to inhibit said retaining hook from contacting an inner surface of said display case.

10. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 9, wherein said inserting member has an anti-theft tag.

11. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 9, wherein said retaining hook is only partially metallic.

12. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 9, wherein said inserting member has a plurality of retaining hooks arranged along a direction of insertion of said inserting member into said guide, each of said retaining hooks being operable to be pressed back against a restoring force during insertion of said inserting member into said guide and being operable to engage said engaging portion of said display case due to said restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide.

13. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 9, wherein said inserting member is formed of resin, said retaining hook having a main body formed of resin so as to be integral with said resin inserting member, said retaining hook including a metallic iron piece attached thereto.

14. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 9, wherein said resilient retaining hook is shaped and arranged to retain said inserting member in said guide when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide.

15. An anti-theft apparatus comprising:

a display case including a box body and a lid body connected to a side of said box body via a hinge so as to be operable to open and close an opening of said box body, said display case having;

a guide with an insertion port;

a first engaging portion;

a second engaging portion; and

a through-hole; and

an inserting member to be inserted into said guide via said insertion port so as to thereby prevent said display case from being opened, said inserting member having;

a magnetically attractable first resilient retaining hook operable to generate a first restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said first retaining hook being operable to engage said first engaging portion of said display case due to said first restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide; and

a non-magnetic second resilient retaining hook operable to generate a second restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said second retaining hook being operable to engage said second engaging portion of said display case due to said second restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide;

wherein said through-hole is aligned with said second retaining hook and said second engaging portion when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide, said through-hole being shaped to allow a protruding shaft to pass therethrough to disengage said second retaining hook from said second engaging portion.

16. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 15, wherein said inserting member is formed of resin, said first and second retaining hooks having a main body formed of resin so as to be integral with said resin inserting member, said first retaining hook including a metallic iron piece attached thereto.

17. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 15, wherein said magnetically attractable first resilient retaining hook and said non-magnetic second resilient retaining hook are shaped and arranged to retain said inserting member in said guide when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide.

18. A display system comprising:

an anti-theft object for receiving an article, said anti-theft object having;

a guide with an insertion port;

a first engaging portion;

a second engaging portion; and

a through-hole; and

an inserting member to be inserted into said guide via said insertion port, said inserting member having;

a magnetically attractable first resilient retaining hook operable to generate a first restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said first retaining hook being operable to engage said first engaging portion of said anti-theft subject due to said first restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide;

a non-magnetic second resilient retaining hook operable to generate a second restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said second retaining hook being operable to engage said second engaging portion of said anti-theft subject due to said second restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide; and

an anti-theft tag;

wherein said through-hole is aligned with said second retaining hook and said second engaging portion when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide, said through-hole being shaped to allow a protruding shaft to pass therethrough to disengage said second retaining hook from said second engaging portion.

19. The display system of claim 18, wherein said inserting member is formed of resin, said first and second retaining hooks having a main body formed of resin so as to be integral with said resin inserting member, said first retaining hook including a metallic iron piece attached thereto.

20. An anti-theft apparatus comprising:

a display case including a first box body and a first lid body connected to a lower side of said first box body via a first hinge so as to be operable to open and close an opening of said first box body;

a lock apparatus at an upper side of said first box body and said first lid body, said lock apparatus including a removable locking part for locking said display case; and

a receiving case including a second box body for receiving a commodity and a second lid body connected to a side of said second box body via a second hinge so as to be operable to open and close an opening of said second box body, wherein said display case and said receiving case are shaped and arranged such that said first hinge of said display case and said second hinge of said receiving case are perpendicular to each other when said receiving case is fitted within said display case.

21. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 20, wherein a fingertip-fitting indentation is formed in a peripheral wall of said first box body of said display case.

22. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 20, wherein said display case has a slide down stopper at said lower side of said display case, said slide down stopper being arranged to support said receiving case when the display case is open.

23. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 20, wherein said locking part of said lock apparatus has an anti-theft tag.

24. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 20, wherein said display case has a movement stopping member at a lateral side of said display case, said movement stopping member being arranged to receive said second box body of said receiving case for securing said receiving case within said display case.

25. The anti-theft apparatus of claim 20, wherein said lock apparatus further includes:

a guide in said display case, said guide having an insertion port;

a first engaging portion; and

a second engaging portion, wherein said locking part comprises an inserting member to be inserted into said guide via said insertion port, said inserting member having;

a magnetically attractable first resilient retaining hook operable to generate a first restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said first retaining hook being operable to engage said first engaging portion of said lock apparatus due to said first restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide; and

a non-magnetic second resilient retaining hook operable to generate a second restoring force when pressed back during insertion of said inserting member into said guide, said second retaining hook being operable to engage said second engaging portion of said lock apparatus due to said second restoring force when said inserting member is fully inserted into said guide.