Anti-theft ring assembly and method of use

• US 8,833,116 B1
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Packaging Company LLC
• Original Assignee: R&J Manufacturing Company
• Inventors: Brown, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Barrett, Suzanne
• Application Number:
  US13/837,832
• Publication Number:
  US 20140260442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 70/14, 70/571, 70/58, 70/63, 340/568.2, 340/568.8, 340/537, 340/652, 206/6.1, 206/566
• US Class Current: 70/57.1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/16 Jewel boxes
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/18 Devices to prevent theft or loss of purses, luggage or hand carried bags
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/20 Chains or bands A45C13/185 takes precedence
• 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: E05B 73/0005 using chains, cables or the like chain- or cable-locks of the padlock type E05B67/003; lockable clothing hangers or hanger racks E05B69/006
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0011 with retraction of the flexible element for storage E05B73/0029 takes precedence; for padlocks E05B67/006
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/40 Portable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5004 For antitheft signaling device on protected article
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

An anti-theft ring assembly includes a product engagement member having a display member that supports the ring during use and a securing member (for example a tear resistant tie or strap) that secures the ring to the display member; the anti-theft ring assembly also including an anchoring device having a support member and a tether for securing the product engagement member to the support member while allowing removal of the product engagement member from a display. In one embodiment, the support member may include a base having protrusions for connecting the tether thereto and the display member may be a seat for supporting a shank of the ring and a portion of the tether.

Claims

1. An anti-theft ring assembly comprising:

a product engagement member including a display member constructed and arranged to support a ring and a securing member constructed and arranged to secure the ring to the display member;

an anchoring device including a tether constructed and arranged to secure the product engagement member to a support member disposed within a display, the support member including a base and one or more posts constructed and arranged to guide and secure the tether to the support member; and

wherein during use the tether allows the ring to be removed a distance from the display while remaining secured to the display.

2. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 1, wherein the display member includes a seat constructed and arranged to support a shank of the ring thereon and wherein a portion of the tether is supported by the seat.

3. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 2, wherein the seat has an arcuate shape and includes a slot configured and dimensioned to receive the portion of the tether therein.

4. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 2, wherein the securing member is a strap.

5. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 4, wherein the strap includes a first end insertable into an opening in a head supported on a second end of the strap, the head including a pawl supported in the opening and the strap including a plurality of teeth such the strap can be selectively tightened around the shank by moving the strap in a first direction and such that a consumer is deterred from moving the strap in second direction, opposite the first, to loosen the strap.

6. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 1, wherein the tether comprises a stretchable cord.

7. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 1, wherein the one or more posts includes one or more protrusions supported on the base to guide and secure the tether to the support member.

8. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 1, wherein the display is a box.

9. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 1, in combination with an EAS marker.

10. An anti-theft ring assembly comprising:

a product engagement member including a display member having a seat constructed and arranged to support a ring, and a securing member constructed and arranged to secure the ring to the display member;

an anchoring device including a stretchable tether constructed and arranged to engage the seat and also including a support member constructed and arranged to secure the tether to a display, the support member including a base and one or more posts constructed and arranged to guide and secure the tether to the support member; and

wherein during use the stretchable tether is supported by the seat and engaged with the support member allowing the ring to be removed a distance from the display while remaining secured to the display by the tether.

11. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 10, wherein the seat has a shape constructed and arranged to receive the shank of the ring in abutting relation thereon and wherein a portion of the tether is supported by the seat.

12. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 11, wherein the seat has an arcuate shape and includes a slot configured and dimensioned to receive the portion of the tether therein.

13. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 10, wherein the securing member is a strap.

14. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 13, wherein the strap includes a first end insertable into an opening in a head supported on a second end of the strap, the head including a pawl supported in the opening and the strap including a plurality of teeth such the strap can be selectively tightened around the shank by moving the strap in a first direction and such that a consumer is deterred from moving the strap in second direction, opposite the first, to loosen the strap.

15. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 10, wherein the stretchable tether comprises an elastic cord.

16. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 10, wherein the one or more posts includes one or more protrusions supported on the base to guide and secure the tether to the support member.

17. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 10, wherein the display is a box.

18. The anti-theft ring assembly of claim 10, in combination with an EAS marker.

19. A method of securing a ring to display to deter theft comprising the steps of:

providing a support member including a base and one or more posts constructed and arranged to guide and secure the tether to the support member;

providing a tether in engagement with the support member;

providing a product engagement member including a display member having a seat constructed and arranged to support the ring, and a securing member constructed and arranged to secure the ring to the display member;

securing the support member to the display;

engaging the tether and the product engagement member such that the tether is supported by the product engagement member and engaged with the support member allowing the ring to be removed a distance from the display while remaining secured to the display by the tether;

positioning a shank of the ring in abutting relationship with the seat; and

securing the shank of the ring to the display member with the securing member.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of engaging the tether and the product engagement member further comprises the step of inserting a portion of the tether into a slot in the display member.