Powered item attachment device

• US 8,872,660 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2012
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TracThat, LLC
• Original Assignee: Charles L. Zimnicki, Walter V. Raczynski
• Inventors: Yunker, Geoff, Raczynski, Walter V. V, Zimnicki, Charles L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Hoi
• Application Number:
  US13/584,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20130063267A1
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 340/571, 340/572.9, 340/239.11, 3405681-5684, 340/568.8, 340/539.11, 248/187.1, 248/310, 248/551
• US Class Current: 340/571
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/962 Capacitive touch switches
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 2217/960755 Constructional details of capacitive touch and proximity switches

Abstract

A powered item attachment device includes an onboard power supply and alarm system that sounds in the event a protected device is tampered with or removed from a retail display. The powered item attachment device may also track the location of a protected device if it is removed from the display device.

Claims

1. A powered item attachment device permanently attached to a protected device comprising:

a housing;

a skirt enclosing the housing,

a plurality of LEDs mounted within the housing and within the skirt and that emit light through the skirt,

at least one printed circuit board within the housing;

a sound generation element within the housing;

an onboard power supply within the housing;

an alarm which activates the sound generation elements, the alarm circuit activated if the protected device is tampered with;

the alarm causing a change in state of the LEDs to draw attention to the powered item attachment, and

wherein the alarm on the powered item attachment device is powered by the onboard power supply.

2. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device includes a magnet cavity in the housing into which at least one magnet is secured.

3. The display system of claim 1 wherein the includes a resilient outer flange.

4. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the LEDs change state by flashing.

5. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the LEDs change state by changing color.

6. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device includes a Global Positioning System chipset that allows the location of the powered item attachment device to be tracked using the GPS data provided by the GPS chipset.

7. The powered item attachment device of claim 1 wherein the powered item attachment device further includes a proximity sensor.