SECURING DEVICE FOR OBJECTS

• US 20130169440A1
• Filed: 06/07/2011
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pataco AG
• Original Assignee: Pataco AG
• Inventors: Brhwiler, Cornel, Kreider, Jrgen
• Granted Patent: US 9,524,626 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.9
• 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

A securing device for attachment of an object (2) which is to be secured. The securing device has a housing with a base plate and a lid as well as an apparatus for generating an alarm when the securing device is removed from the object without authorization. The securing device has an open and closed state. In the closed state the base plate and the lid can be locked to one another by a lock. The apparatus for generating an alarm comprises a mechanical sensor and/or an optical sensor In the closed state the mechanical sensor can detect contact with the object by the base plate and can react to a loss of contact with the object. In the closed state the optical sensor emits light through the base plate, and can sense reflections of this light from the object through the base plate and can react to changes in these reflections.

Claims

1. A securing device for attachment to an object that is to be secured, wherein the securing device comprises a housing with a base plate and a lid as well as an apparatus for generating an alarm when the securing device is removed from the object without authorization, wherein the securing device has an open state and a closed state, and wherein in the closed state said base plate and said lid can be locked to one another by a lock, said lock having a locking condition and a releasing condition, wherein the apparatus for generating an alarm comprises a mechanical and/or an optical sensor, wherein the mechanical sensor in the closed state through the base plate can detect contact with the object and respond to loss of contact with the object, and wherein the optical sensor emits light through the base plate, can detect reflections of the light from the object through the base plate, and can react to changes in the reflections.

2. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein a hinge removably connects the base plate and the lid to one another.

3. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the mechanical sensor comprises a contact switch.

4. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the optical sensor comprises an electric eye or an image sensor.

5. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for generating an alarm comprises a resonant oscillating circuit detectable by an electronic goods securing unit and generates an alarm when the resonant oscillating circuit is energized by an electronic goods securing unit.

6. The securing device according to claim 1, wherein closing of the securing device activates locking of said base plate and said lid by the lock.

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

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

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

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

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

12. The securing device according to claim 1 for objects that are prevented from being opened, further comprising a belt clamped around the objects, wherein the base plate in the open state can be slid between the belt and wherein the object, and that the base plate and the lid in the closed state can be locked in engagement with the belt by the lock.

13. The securing device according to claim 12, wherein the base plate comprises at least one groove-like indentation and/or the lid comprises several recesses in which the belt can be inserted.

14. The securing device according to claim 12, wherein said device comprises an apparatus to prevent slipping of the base plate on the object to be secured.

15. The securing device according to claim 12, wherein an adhesive strip having initial elasticity fastens said device to an object to be secured, wherein the adhesive strip loses elasticity when stretched and can be removed from the object and the securing device, wherein the adhesive strip is completely covered by the base plate and has a grip for stretching which is accessible only in the opened state of the securing device.

16. The securing device according to claim 12, wherein said apparatus for generating an alarm comprises a two-strand cable, wherein one end of said cable is connected to a plug connector accessible only in the opened state of the securing device in the housing, and wherein the other end of said cable projects out of the housing and is provided with an apparatus for attachment to an additional object.

17. The securing device according to claim 16, wherein the apparatus for attaching 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.

18. The securing device according to claim 16, wherein the apparatus for attachment to an additional object comprises an eye on the cable end and a sleeve in which the two strands of the cable are electrically connected to one another.

19. The securing device according to claim 4, wherein the optical sensor is insensitive to ambient light.

20. The securing device according to claim 19, wherein the optical sensor emits infrared light.