MERCHANDISE SECURITY SYSTEM WITH SOUND CHAMBER

• US 20170148289A1
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Burmeister, II, Kirk
• Granted Patent: US 10,008,082 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise and a base configured to removably support the sensor and the item of merchandise thereon. The base includes a sidewall and a bottom surface, and the sidewall defines an opening. The security system also includes an alarm configured to generate sound in response to a security event. The alarm includes a sound chamber configured to direct sound exiting the sound chamber towards the opening in the sidewall.

Claims

1. A security system for securing an item of merchandise, comprising:

a base configured to removably support the item of merchandise thereon, the base comprising a sidewall and a bottom surface, the sidewall defining an opening; and

an alarm configured to generate sound in response to a security event, the alarm comprising a sound chamber configured to direct sound exiting the sound chamber towards the opening in the sidewall.

2. The security system of claim 1, further comprising a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise.

3. The security system of claim 2, further comprising a cable connected to the sensor and the base and configured to define a sense loop.

4. The security system of claim 2, wherein the alarm is operably engaged with the cable and is configured to generate an alarm signal when the item of merchandise is removed from the sensor or the sense loop is interrupted.

5. The security system of claim 1, wherein the alarm is wedge shaped.

6. The security system of claim 1, wherein the sound chamber comprises a cap coupled to a chamber and an opening defined in the chamber for allowing sound to exit the chamber.

7. The security system of claim 6, wherein the cap is disposed at an angle relative to a bottom surface of the chamber, and wherein the cap is configured to resonate for generating sound.

8. The security system of claim 7, wherein the cap is disposed at an acute angle relative to the bottom surface of the chamber.

9. The security system of claim 6, wherein the cap is disposed parallel or generally parallel to a center axis of the opening defined in the chamber.

10. The security system of claim 6, further comprising a second chamber coupled to the cap and a second opening defined in the second chamber for allowing sound to exit the second chamber.

11. The security system of claim 10, wherein a center axis of the opening in the first chamber is parallel or generally parallel to a center axis of the second opening in the second chamber.

12. The security system of claim 10, wherein sound exiting the opening in the first chamber is directed in an opposite direction to sound exiting the second opening in the second chamber.

13. The security system of claim 1, wherein the sound chamber does not direct sound exiting the opening of the sound chamber towards the bottom surface of the base.

14. The security system of claim 1, wherein the base defines a plurality of openings in the sidewall.

15. A security system for securing an item of merchandise, comprising:

a base configured to removably support the item of merchandise thereon; and

a wedge-shaped sound chamber configured to generate sound in response to a security event.

16. The security system of claim 15, wherein the wedge-shaped sound chamber is housed within the base.

17. The security system of claim 15, wherein the wedge-shaped sound chamber comprises a cap coupled to a chamber and an opening defined in the chamber for allowing sound to exit the chamber.

18. The security system of claim 17, wherein the cap is disposed at an acute angle relative to a bottom surface of the chamber, and wherein the cap is configured to resonate for generating sound.

19. A method for securing an item of merchandise, comprising:

generating sound with a sound chamber in response to a security event; and

directing the sound exiting the sound chamber towards an opening defined in a sidewall of a base housing the sound chamber.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein directing does not comprise directing the sound towards a bottom surface of the base.