Coiled cable display device

• US 7,724,135 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2008
• Issued: 05/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rapp, Michael, Brenner, Rainer
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham; Toan N
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCNALLY, KERRI L
• Application Number:
  US12/237,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20090033492A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 340/568.1, 340/568.2, 340/568.4, 340/568.3, 340/568.8, 340/571, 340/531, 340/538, 340/541, 211/119.003, 244/53, 248/551, 174/68.1, 535/07, 535/08
• US Class Current: 340/568.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/024 with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal show cases with devices for prevention of theft A47F3/002; devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal E05B73/0017
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1445 with detection of interference with a cable tethering an article, e.g. alarm activated by detecting detachment of article, breaking or stretching of cable furniture, e.g. shelves for displaying merchandise, incorporating tethers to prevent theft A47F7/024, A47F5/0861
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/149 with electric, magnetic, capacitive switch actuation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/42 Independent, headed, aperture pass-through fastener

Abstract

A system for displaying an item includes a display shelf having an aperture through it and a thin tether having a first end and a second end that extends through the aperture. The first end of the tether is secured to a mount above a top side of said display shelf and the second end of said tether is secured adjacent to a bottom side of the displays shelf. The first end of the tether has a mount for connection of tether to the item, above the shelf. The system further includes a coiled cable coiled around the tether extending through the aperture. The coiled cable provides an electrical path to the item. The coiled cable has a first end and a second end. The first end is secured adjacent to the mount and the second end securely terminates below the bottom unexposed side of said display shelf.

Claims

1. A system for displaying an item, comprising:

(a) a display shelf having an aperture therethrough;

(b) a thin tether having a first end and a second end, said tether extending through said aperture wherein said first end of said tether is secured to a mount above a top exposed side of said display shelf and said second end of said tether is secured adjacent to a bottom, unexposed side of said display shelf, said first end of said tether having the mount thereon for secure connection of the first end of the tether to the item above the shelf;

(c) a coiled cable, coiled around the tether and extending through said aperture, said coiled cable providing an electrical path for power and electrical signal to the item, said coiled cable having a first end and a second end, said first end secured adjacent to the mount, said second end terminating below the bottom unexposed side of said display shelf; and

(d) wherein said mount is a battery-type mount adapted to replace a standard battery supplied with said item, said mount utilizing standard battery mounting fasteners supplied with the item, said battery-type mount having theft resistant fasteners.