POWERED ITEM ATTACHMENT DEVICE

• US 20130063267A1
• Filed: 08/13/2012
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TracThat, LLC
• Original Assignee: Geoff Yunker
• Inventors: Yunker, Geoff, Raczynski, Walter V. V, Zimnicki, Charles L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,872,660 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/571
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/962 Capacitive touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/960755 Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches

Abstract

A powered item attachment device includes an onboard power supply and alarm system that sounds in the event a protected device is tampered with or removed from a retail display. The powered item attachment device may also track the location of a protected device if it is removed from the display device.

Claims

1. A powered item attachment device permanently attached to a protected device comprising:

a housing;

at least one printed circuit board;

a sound generation element;

an onboard power supply;

an alarm which activates the sound generation elements, the alarm circuit activated if the protected device is tampered with; and

wherein the alarm on the powered item attachment device is powered by the onboard power supply.

2. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device includes a magnet cavity in the housing into which the at least one magnet is secured.

3. The display system of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device further includes a skirt enclosing the housing and including a resilient outer flange.

4. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device further includes a skirt enclosing the housing.

5. The powered item attachment device of claim 3 wherein the powered item attachment device further includes a plurality of LEDs that emit light through the skirt.

6. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device includes a Global Positioning System chipset that allows the location of the powered item attachment device to be tracked using the GPS data provided by the GPS chipset.

7. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device further includes a proximity sensor.