PRODUCT SECURITY DEVICE WITH ENGAGEMENT PIN

• US 20190323269A1
• Filed: 05/17/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: PICCOLI, ANTHONY F.
• Granted Patent: US 11,091,938 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 19/26 Use of special materials for keys fluorescent E05B17/106; magnets E05B47/0038
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 47/0045 keys with permanent magnets E05B47/0043, E05B47/0044, E05B73/0052 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 69/00 Devices for locking clothing; Lockable clothing holders or hangers
• 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 73/0052 of the magnetic type

Abstract

Example product security devices and associated methods are provided. An example product security device may include a first jaw and a second jaw that are operably coupled together to slide between an open position and a closed position. The example product security device may include a locking mechanism. In a locked state, the locking mechanism may permit movement of the first jaw towards the second jaw but prevent movement away from the second jaw. The example product security device may also include a product engagement pin. The product engagement pin may fasten the product security device to a product by piercing through the product and being received by the second jaw. A shroud having a shroud orifice may surround the product engagement pin and be operably coupled to the first jaw such that the shroud is movable relative to the product engagement pin.

Claims

1. A product security device comprising:

a first jaw;

a second jaw, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw slide between an open position and a closed position relative one another;

a lock, wherein, in a locked state, the lock permits movement of the first jaw towards the second jaw but prevents movement of the first jaw away from the second jaw;

a product engagement member affixed to the first jaw, the product engagement member being configured to be received at least partially into the second jaw to fasten the product security device to a product when the first jaw and the second jaw are in the closed position.

2. The product security device of claim 1, wherein the product engagement member does not operate to lock the first jaw to the second jaw.

3. The product security device of claim 1, wherein the lock comprises a locking pin and a clutch assembly.

4. The product security device of claim 1 further comprising an accessory including an antenna, the accessory being mountable to the first jaw or the second jaw.

5. The product security device of claim 1 further comprising a breakable ink capsule affixed to the first jaw or the second jaw.

6. The product security device of claim 1 wherein the lock is configured to transition into an unlocked state in response to application of a key to the product security device, wherein, when the lock is in the unlocked state, the first jaw and the second jaw are released from locked engagement thereby permitting the first jaw to slide away from the second jaw into the open position.

7. The product security device of claim 6, wherein the key comprises a magnet and the lock is configured to transition into the unlocked state in response to a magnetic field of the magnet.

8. The product security device of claim 1 further comprising resonant circuitry configured to emit a radio frequency, the resonant circuitry being disposed within the first jaw or the second jaw.

9. A product security device comprising:

a first jaw;

a second jaw, wherein the first jaw and the second jaw slide between an open position and a closed position relative to each other;

a shroud affixed to the first jaw, the shroud configured to engage a product; and

a lock, wherein, in a locked state, the lock permits movement of the first jaw towards the second jaw but prevents movement of the first jaw away from the second jaw

wherein the product engagement pin engages the product as the first jaw and second jaw transition from the open position to the closed position.

10. The product security device of claim 9, wherein the first jaw comprises a first engagement portion and the second jaw comprises a second engagement portion.

11. The product security device of claim 10, wherein the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion permit the first jaw to slide relative to the second jaw.

12. The product security device of claim 9 further comprising a product insertion void positioned between the first and second jaws.

13. The product security device of claim 9, wherein the first jaw comprises an extended jaw portion that extends away from the first engagement portion.

14. The product security device of claim 13, wherein the extend jaw portion includes the shroud.

15. The product security device of claim 14, wherein the shroud comprises a product engagement surface.

16. The product security device of claim 15, wherein the product engagement surface and shroud are stationary relative to the second jaw.

17. A method comprising:

receiving a key at a lock of a product security device;

transitioning, in response to application of the key, the lock from a locked state to an unlocked state to thereby release a first jaw of the product security device from locked engagement with a second jaw of the product security device;

sliding, in response to the release of the locked engagement between the first jaw and the second jaw, the first jaw away from the second jaw; and

ejecting a product off of a product engagement pin, the product engagement pin being affixed to the first jaw, by urging the first jaw away from the second jaw.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the key is a magnetic key and the lock transitions to the unlocked state in response to a magnetic field of the key.