Anti-theft device for functional display of handheld devices

• US 8,985,544 B1
• Filed: 02/11/2008
• Issued: 03/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scorpion Security Products Inc.
• Original Assignee: Scorpion Security Products Inc.
• Inventors: Gulick, Franklyn W. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): WOOD, KIMBERLY T
• Application Number:
  US12/069,479
• Time in Patent Office: 2,598 Days
• Field of Search: 269/45, 269/43, 269/71, 269/55, 269/249, 269/258, 269/279, 269/44, 269/156, 70/19, 248/154, 248/346.03, 248/346.07, 248/913, 248/122.1, 248/176.1, 248/309.1, 248/313, 248/316.1, 248/316.2, 248/316.6, 248/551, 248/670, 248/371
• US Class Current: 248/551
• 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: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025

Abstract

An anti-theft apparatus for gripping mobile phones and other handheld items to allow secure marketing display of the handheld products. The anti-theft device grips a handheld product in legs, which are manually screwed tight by rotating a specially shaped key that fits into a similarly shaped slot aligned on the axis of a draw pin. The draw pin tightens and loosens the legs around the handheld device.

Claims

1. A security device for a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device having a first side, a second side, a front surface, and a back surface, the security device comprising:

a body having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, and an upper surface;

a first arm extending from the first side of the body and having a distal end, wherein the distal end of the first arm has a first retention hook extending horizontally from the distal end of the first arm above the plane of the upper surface of the body;

a second arm extending from the second side of the body and having a distal end, wherein the distal end of the second arm has a second retention hook extending horizontally from the distal end of the second arm above the plane of the upper surface of the body;

a draw pin extending through the first side and the second side of the body for moving the first arm and the second arm simultaneously along an X-axis relative to the first side and the second side of the body to secure the first arm against the first side of the handheld electronic device and to secure the second arm against the second side of the handheld electronic device, wherein the draw pin comprises a first threaded end and second threaded end, wherein the first threaded end has a thread pattern that is counter rotational to the thread pattern of the second threaded end; and

a leveling plate having a first end and second end, wherein the leveling plate is located between the first arm and the second arm and proximate to the upper surface of the body, wherein the first end of the leveling plate is connected to the first end of the body using a first leveling screw and the second end of the leveling plate is connected to the second end of the body using a second leveling screw to allow the first end of the leveling plate and the second end of the leveling plate to move independently of each other and independently of the body along a Z-axis relative to the upper surface of the body,

wherein the first leveling screw is fixedly attached to the first end of the leveling plate and the second leveling screw is fixedly attached to the second end of the leveling plate,

wherein the leveling plate is not integral with the first leveling screw or the second leveling screw,

wherein the first leveling screw is configured to secure the first end of the leveling plate against the back surface of the handheld electronic device and the second leveling screw is configured to secure the second end of the leveling plate against the back surface of the handheld electronic device, and

wherein the leveling plate is configured to apply force to the back surface of the handheld electronic device to secure the first and second retention hooks against the front surface of the handheld electronic device.

2. The security device of claim 1, wherein the draw pin is configured to be operated with a hex wrench tool inserted into the draw pin.

3. The security device of claim 2, wherein the draw pin includes a hex key hole for receiving the hex wrench tool.

4. The security device of claim 1, wherein the first leveling screw is configured to be operated with a hex wrench tool inserted into the first leveling screw.

5. The security device of claim 4, wherein the first leveling screw includes a hex key hole for receiving the hex wrench tool.

6. The security device of claim 1, wherein the first leveling screw is threaded into the first end of the body and the second leveling screw is threaded into the second end of the body.

7. The security device of claim 1, wherein the first end of the leveling plate and the second end of the leveling plate form an integral component.

8. A security device for a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device having a first side, a second side, a front surface, and a back surface, the security device comprising:

a body having a first side, a second side, a first end, a second end, and an upper surface;

a first arm extending from the first side of the body;

a second arm extending from the second side of the body;

a draw pin extending through the first side and the second side of the body for moving the first arm and the second arm simultaneously along an X-axis relative to the first side and the second side of the body to secure the first arm against the first side of the handheld electronic device and to secure the second arm against the second side of the handheld electronic device, wherein the draw pin comprises a first threaded end and second threaded end, wherein the first threaded end has a thread pattern that is counter rotational to the thread pattern of the second threaded end; and

a leveling plate having a first end and second end, wherein the leveling plate is located between the first arm and the second arm and proximate to the upper surface of the body, wherein the first end of the leveling plate is connected to the first end of the body using a first leveling screw and the second end of the leveling plate is connected to the second end of the body using a second leveling screw to allow the first end of the leveling plate and the second end of the leveling plate to move independently of each other and independently of the body along a Z-axis relative to the upper surface of the body,

wherein the first leveling screw is fixedly attached to the first end of the leveling plate and the second leveling screw is fixedly attached to the second end of the leveling plate,

wherein the leveling plate is not integral with the first leveling screw or the second leveling screw, and

wherein the first leveling screw is configured to secure the first end of the leveling plate against the back surface of the handheld electronic device and the second leveling screw is configured to secure the second end of the leveling plate against the back surface of the handheld electronic device.

9. The security device of claim 8, wherein the draw pin is configured to be operated with a hex wrench tool inserted into the draw pin.

10. The security device of claim 9, wherein the draw pin includes a hex key hole for receiving the hex wrench tool.

11. The security device of claim 8, wherein the first leveling screw is configured to be operated with a hex wrench tool inserted into the first leveling screw.

12. The security device of claim 11, wherein the first leveling screw includes a hex key hole for receiving the hex wrench tool.

13. The security device of claim 8, wherein the first leveling screw is threaded into the first end of the body and the second leveling screw is threaded into the second end of the body.

14. The security device of claim 8, wherein the first end of the leveling plate and the second end of the leveling plate form an integral component.