DISPLAY STAND INCLUDING MEANS FOR DISPENSING AND COLLECTING HELICAL CABLE

• US 20090173868A1
• Filed: 10/07/2008
• Published: 07/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Goldstein, Mitchell S., Hooks, Larry K. JR., Fawcett, Chris
• Granted Patent: US 8,181,929 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/551
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/024 with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal show cases with devices for prevention of theft A47F3/002; devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal E05B73/0017

Abstract

A display stand for displaying an article of merchandise includes a base defining an outer periphery and means for dispensing and collecting a helical cable attached to the article of merchandise. The means for dispensing and collecting supports and guides the helical cable along the outer periphery of the base between a retracted length and an extracted length. The dispensing and collecting means may include at least one wheel disposed on the outer periphery of the base. The dispensing and collecting means may include at least one roller disposed on the outer periphery of the base. The dispensing and collecting means may include a low-friction surface disposed on the outer periphery of the base. The dispensing and collecting means may include a scalloped surface disposed on the outer periphery of the base. The display stand may further include a collection tube for delivering the helical cable to the article.

Claims

1. A display stand for displaying an article of merchandise comprising:

a base defining an outer periphery; and

means for dispensing and collecting a helical cable attached to the article of merchandise;

wherein the means for dispensing and collecting supports and guides the helical cable along the outer periphery of the base between a retracted length of the helical cable and an extracted length of the helical cable.

2. The display stand according to claim 1, wherein the outer periphery of the base defines a continuous arcuate surface for supporting and guiding the helical cable.

3. The display stand according to claim 1, wherein the means for dispensing and collecting comprises at least one wheel disposed on the outer periphery of the base.

4. The display stand according to claim 3, wherein the at least one wheel is rotatably mounted to the base.

5. The display stand according to claim 3, comprising a plurality of wheels arranged in a generally U-shaped configuration.

6. The display stand according to claim 1, wherein the means for dispensing and collecting comprises at least one roller disposed on the outer periphery of the base.

7. The display stand according to claim 6, wherein the at least one roller is rotatably mounted to the base.

8. The display stand according to claim 6, comprising a plurality of rollers arranged in a generally U-shaped configuration.

9. The display stand according to claim 1, wherein the means for dispensing and collecting comprises a low-friction surface disposed on the outer periphery of the base.

10. The display stand according to claim 9, wherein the low-friction surface has a generally reverse J-shaped configuration.

11. The display stand according to claim 9, wherein the low-friction surface has a generally inverted J-shaped configuration.

12. The display stand according to claim 11, wherein the low-friction surface comprises an arcuate portion that depends outwardly from the outer periphery of the base and a linear portion that is parallel and in contact with the outer periphery of the base.

13. The display stand according to claim 9, wherein the low-friction surface is made of a low-friction material selected from the group consisting of silicone, polytetrafluoroethylene, perfluoroalkoxy, fluorinated ethylene propylene, Teflon®

, and equivalents thereof.

14. The display stand according to claim 1, wherein the means for dispensing and collecting comprises a scalloped surface disposed on the outer periphery of the base.

15. The display stand according to claim 14, wherein the scalloped surface has a generally sideways U-shaped configuration.

16. The display stand according to claim 1I further comprising a collection tube mounted on and depending from the base, the collection tube having an interior passageway formed therethrough for delivering the helical cable to the article of merchandise.

17. A display stand for displaying an article of merchandise having a helical cable attached thereto, the display stand comprising:

a base defining an outer periphery for supporting and guiding the helical cable between a retracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise disposed on the display stand and an extracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise removed from the display stand; and

a plurality of wheels disposed on the outer periphery of the base in a generally U-shaped configuration, at least one of the wheels rotatably mounted to the base.

18. A display stand for displaying an article of merchandise having a helical cable attached thereto, the display stand comprising:

a base defining an outer periphery for supporting and guiding the helical cable between a retracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise disposed on the display stand and an extracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise removed from the display stand; and

a plurality of rollers disposed on the outer periphery of the base in a generally U-shaped configuration, at least one of the rollers rotatably mounted to the base.

19. A display stand for displaying an article of merchandise having a helical cable attached thereto, the display stand comprising:

a base defining an outer periphery for supporting and guiding the helical cable between a retracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise disposed on the display stand and an extracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise removed from the display stand; and

a low-friction surface having a generally J-shaped configuration disposed on the outer periphery of the base, the low-friction surface comprising an arcuate portion that depends outwardly from the outer periphery of the base and a linear portion that is parallel and in contact with the outer periphery of the base.

20. A display stand for displaying an article of merchandise having a helical cable attached thereto, the display stand comprising:

a base defining an outer periphery for supporting and guiding the helical cable between a retracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise disposed on the display stand and an extracted length of the helical cable with the article of merchandise removed from the display stand; and

a scalloped surface having a generally U-shaped configuration disposed on the outer periphery of the base.