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Dispensing device with sensory alert

  • US 4,887,737 A
  • Filed: 06/10/1988
  • Issued: 12/19/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A theft resistant device for displaying articles, said device comprising:

  • a frame defining a receptacle for an article to be normally displayed in a first position;

    means on the frame for inhibiting grasping by a purchaser of an article in the first position;

    trigger means mounted to the frame for pivoting movement between a normal position and a release position for moving an article from the first position relative to the frame to a removal position as an incident of said trigger means being pivoted from said normal position to said release position,said removal position being such that an article in said removal position can be more readily grasped by a purchaser than an article in said first position; and

    means at all times engaged with and having at least a portion that follows movement of the trigger means for giving a sensory indication that the trigger means has been moved from the normal position to the release position and that resultingly an article has been situated in the removal position as an incident of the trigger means being moved from its normal position to its release position,wherein said means for giving a sensory indication comprises means for producing an audible sound as an incident of said trigger means being moved from said normal position to said release position.

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