DISPLAY ASSEMBLY WITH CABLE STOP

• US 20110068919A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: BELDEN, DENNIS D. JR., RAPP, MICHAEL
• Granted Patent: US 8,537,012 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/568.2
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/42 attached to, or forming part of, mobile tools, machines or vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1463 Physical arrangements, e.g. housings devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags A45C13/18
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

Methods and other embodiments associated with a display stand with a tether stop are presented. In the preferred embodiment, a display stand includes a base, a mounting member, a tether, a recoiler, and a cable stop. The mounting member is adapted for mounting thereon a display item and is movable between a mounted position in contact with the base. The mounting member is configured to be removed from the base to facilitate viewing and handling of the display item. The tether includes a connector located at one end of the tether to attach the tether to the mounting member. The recoiler recoils the tether. The cable stop moves to a first position to allow the connector to pass through an opening in the base and to a second position to prevent the connector from passing through the opening.

Claims

1. A display assembly comprising:

a base with an opening;

a mounting member adapted for mounting thereon a display item, wherein the mounting member is movable between a mounted position in contact with the base, and wherein the mounting member is configured to be removed from the base to facilitate viewing and handling of the display item;

a connector;

a tether with the connector attached at one end of the tether, wherein the connector is configured to attach to the mounting member;

a recoiler configured to recoil the tether; and

a cable stop configured to be moved to a first position to allow the connector to pass through the opening and a second position to prevent the connector from passing through the opening.

2. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the cable stop is configured to slide between the first position and the second position.

3. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

two slots in the base on opposite sides of the opening; and

wherein the cable stop is located between the two slots.

4. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

grooves between the first position and the second position; and

wherein the cable stop is configured to slide in the grooves.

5. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a bump on the cable stop; and

wherein the cable stop is a substantially flat surface that includes the bump.

6. The display assembly of claim 5, further comprising:

a first portion of a second opening in the base;

a second portion of the second opening; and

wherein the bump is configured to move under a pair of tabs separating the first portion of the second opening and the second portion of the second opening.

7. The display assembly of claim 5, further comprising:

a first depression in the base;

a second depression in the base; and

wherein the cable stop is configured to move to the first position when the bump is pushed to the first depression, and wherein the cable stop is configured to move to the second position when the bump is pushed to the second depression.

8. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the cable stop further comprises:

a first side in a first channel in the base;

a second side in a second channel in the base; and

wherein the cable stop is configured to move between the first position and the second position by sliding in the first channel and the second channel.

9. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein when the cable stop is in the second position the connector is prevented from passing through the opening and the tether is not prevented from passing through the opening.

10. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the cable stop is substantially flat.

11. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the recoiler is configured to automatically recoil the tether, and wherein the cable stop prevents the connector from passing through the opening when the cable stop is in the second position.

12. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

an external alarm external to the display assembly; and

wherein the tether is configured to provide a signal to the external alarm when the tether is cut.

13. A consumer display assembly comprising:

a display post;

an anti-theft tether running through the display post;

a merchandise mount adapted for securely mounting a consumer merchandise item;

a connector attached to one end of the anti-theft tether configured to attach to the merchandise mount, wherein the anti-theft tether is configured to transmit a signal to a security system when the anti-theft tether is cut or the consumer merchandise item is removed from the merchandise mount; and

a blocker device in contact with the display post configured to be moved between a first position and second position, wherein when the blocker device is in the second position the connector is prevented from passing through the post.

14. The consumer display assembly of claim 13, wherein the blocker device is configured to slide between the first position and the second position.

15. The consumer display assembly of claim 13, further comprising:

two or more grooves in the display post; and

wherein the blocker device is configured to slide between the two or more grooves.

16. The consumer display assembly of claim 13, further comprising:

a surface mount at one end of the display post adapted for receiving the merchandise mount; and

wherein the blocker device is adapted to move in the surface mount.

17. The consumer display assembly of claim 16, further comprising:

an opening in the surface mount;

a first portion of the opening in the surface mount;

a second portion of the opening in the surface mount;

a substantially flat surface on the blocker device;

at least one projection on the flat surface; and

wherein the blocker device is configured to be in the first position when the at least one projection is in the first portion of the opening in the surface mount, and wherein the blocker device is adapted to be in the second position when the at least one projection is in the second portion of the opening of the surface mount.

18. The consumer display assembly of claim 13, further comprising:

a mounted position in contact with the display post; and

wherein the merchandise mount is movable between the mounted position, and wherein the merchandise mount is configured to be removed from the display post to facilitate viewing and handling of the consumer merchandise item.

19. A method comprising:

moving a tether stop to a first position, wherein the tether stop is in a base, wherein a connector attached to a tether is configured to attach to a mounting member, wherein the connector is permitted to pass through the base when the tether stop is in the first position, wherein the mounting member is movable between a mounted position in contact with the base, and wherein the mounting member is adapted to be removed from the base to facilitate viewing and handling of a consumer item securely attached to the mounting member;

running a tether through a hole in the base when the tether stop is in the first position;

moving the tether stop to a second position; and

recoiling the tether stop back into the base, wherein the connector is prevented from passing into the base when the tether stop is in the second position.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the tether stop is moved by sliding the tether stop between two adjacent grooves in a surface mount at one end of the base, and wherein the surface mount is adapted for receiving the merchandise mount.