Display assembly with cable stop

• US 8,537,012 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Issued: 09/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Rapp, Michael, Belden, Dennis D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Previl, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/878,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20110068919A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,104 Days
• Field of Search: 340/568.2, 340/568.1, 340/568.8, 340/500, 340/568.3, 340/571, 340/572.1, 340/686.1
• US Class Current: 340/568.2
• 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: B65H 75/42 attached to, or forming part of, mobile tools, machines or vehicles
• 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: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

Methods and other embodiments associated with a display stand with a tether stop are presented. In the preferred embodiment, a display stand includes a base, a mounting member, a tether, a recoiler, and a cable stop. The mounting member is adapted for mounting thereon a display item and is movable between a mounted position in contact with the base. The mounting member is configured to be removed from the base to facilitate viewing and handling of the display item. The tether includes a connector located at one end of the tether to attach the tether to the mounting member. The recoiler recoils the tether. The cable stop moves to a first position to allow the connector to pass through an opening in the base and to a second position to prevent the connector from passing through the opening.

Claims

1. A display assembly comprising:

a base comprising an opening and a cable stop that cannot be withdrawn from the base, the base being configured to be secured to a display surface;

a mounting member configured to be mounted on a display item, wherein the mounting member is movable between a mounted position in contact with the base, and wherein the mounting member is configured to be removed from the base to facilitate viewing and handling of the display item;

a connector;

a tether with the connector attached at one end of the tether, wherein the connector is configured to attach to the mounting member; and

a recoiler configured to recoil the tether;

wherein the cable stop is configured to slide within the base between a non-blocking position to allow the connector to pass through the opening and a blocking position to at least partially block the opening in the base to prevent the connector from passing through the opening.

2. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

two slots in the base on opposite sides of the opening; and

wherein the cable stop is located between the two slots.

3. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

grooves between the non-blocking position and the blocking position; and

wherein the cable stop is configured to slide in the grooves.

4. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising:

a bump on the cable stop; and

wherein the cable stop is a substantially flat surface that includes the bump.

5. The display assembly of claim 4, further comprising:

a first portion of a second opening in the base;

a second portion of the second opening; and

wherein the bump is configured to move under a pair of tabs separating the first portion of the second opening and the second portion of the second opening.

6. The display assembly of claim 4, further comprising:

a first depression in the base;

a second depression in the base; and

wherein the cable stop is configured to move to the non-blocking position when the bump is pushed to the first depression, and wherein the cable stop is configured to move to the blocking position when the bump is pushed to the second depression.

7. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the cable stop further comprises:

a first side in a first channel in the base;

a second side in a second channel in the base; and

wherein the cable stop is configured to move between the non-blocking position and the blocking position by sliding in the first channel and the second channel.

8. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein when the cable stop is in the blocking position the connector is prevented from passing through the opening and the tether is not prevented from passing through the opening.

9. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the cable stop is substantially flat.

10. The display assembly of claim 1, wherein the recoiler is configured to automatically recoil the tether, and wherein the cable stop prevents the connector from passing through the opening when the cable stop is in the non-blocking position.

11. The display assembly of claim 1, further comprising;

an external alarm external to the display assembly; and

wherein the tether is configured to provide a signal to the external alarm when the tether is cut.

12. A consumer display assembly comprising:

a display post comprising an opening and a blocker device that cannot be withdrawn from the display post, the display post being configured to be secured to a display surface;

an anti-theft tether running through the opening in the display post;

a merchandise mount configured to be securely mounted on a consumer merchandise item; and

a connector attached to one end of the anti-theft tether, the connector being configured to attach to the merchandise mount, wherein the anti-theft tether is configured to transmit a signal to a security system when the anti-theft tether is cut

wherein the a blocker device is configured to slide between a non-blocking position and a blocking position, wherein when the blocker device is in the blocking position the blocking device at least partially blocks the opening in the display post to prevent the connector from passing through the opening in the display post.

13. The consumer display assembly of claim 12, further comprising:

two or more grooves in the display post; and

wherein the blocker device is configured to slide between the two or more grooves.

14. The consumer display assembly of claim 12, further comprising:

a surface mount at one end of the display post adapted for receiving the merchandise mount; and

wherein the blocker device is configured to move in the surface mount.

15. The consumer display assembly of claim 14, further comprising:

an opening in the surface mount;

a first portion of the opening in the surface mount;

a second portion of the opening in the surface mount;

a substantially flat surface on the blocker device;

at least one projection on the flat surface; and

wherein the blocker device is configured to be in the non-blocking position when the at least one projection is in the first portion of the opening in the surface mount, and wherein the blocker device is adapted to be in the blocking position when the at least one projection is in the second portion of the opening of the surface mount.

16. The consumer display assembly of claim 12,

wherein the merchandise mount is movable between a mounted position in contact with the display post, and wherein the merchandise mount is configured to be removed from the display post to facilitate viewing and handling of the consumer merchandise item.

17. A method comprising:

moving a tether stop to a non-blocking position, wherein the tether stop is in a base and cannot be withdrawn from the base, the base being configured to be secured to a display surface, wherein a connector attached to a tether is configured to attach to a mounting member, wherein the connector is permitted to pass through an opening in the base when the tether stop is in the non-blocking position, wherein the mounting member is movable between a mounted position in contact with the base, and wherein the mounting member is configured to be removed from the base to facilitate viewing and handling of a consumer item securely attached to the mounting member;

running a tether through the opening in the base when the tether stop is in the non-blocking position;

sliding the tether stop within the base to a blocking position where the tether stop at least partially blocks the opening in the base; and

recoiling the tether into the base, wherein the connector is prevented from passing through the opening in the base when the tether stop is in the blocking position.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein sliding the tether stop includes sliding the tether stop between two adjacent grooves in a surface mount at one end of the base, and wherein the surface mount is configured to receiving the merchandise mount.