Security devices for products

• US 9,847,001 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2014
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: InVue Security Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Berglund, David N., Grant, Jeffrey A., Moock, Andrew W., Kirk, Trent A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nwugo, Ojiako
• Application Number:
  US14/779,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20160049055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• Field of Search: 3405682, 340571
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/06 by tampering with fastening
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2434 Tag housing and attachment details

Abstract

A security device for protecting objects from theft or unauthorized removal includes a first component configured to be fixed to an object and a second component configured to be removably secured to the first component. The second component includes an alarming mechanism configured to be armed prior to the second component being secured to the first component. The alarming mechanism may include one or more actuating mechanisms that actuate the alarming mechanism. In certain embodiments the second component is configured to slidably engage the first component. In other embodiments, the security device further includes a cable having an end attached to the first component or the second component.

Claims

1. A security device comprising:

a housing configured to be attached to an object;

an alarming mechanism at least partially contained by the housing, wherein the alarming mechanism comprises at least one actuation mechanism, and wherein the at least one actuation mechanism is configured to sense both vertical displacement and translation; and

a cable attached to the housing and configured to extend at least partially about the object.

2. The security device of claim 1, wherein the alarming mechanism comprises a plurality of actuation mechanisms.

3. The security device of claim 2, wherein one of the actuation mechanisms comprises a plunger switch and the other actuation mechanism comprises a rotatable member.

4. The security device of claim 2, wherein one of the actuation mechanisms is configured to engage the object generally perpendicular to the object, and the other actuation mechanism is configured to engage the object generally parallel to the object.

5. The security device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of actuation mechanisms are integrated into a single actuation component.

6. The security device of claim 1, wherein the at least one actuation mechanism comprises a rotatable plunger switch.

7. The security device of claim 1 wherein the at least one actuation mechanism comprises a plunger.

8. The security device of claim 1, further comprising a carrier configured to be fixed to the object, and wherein the housing is configured to be removably secured to the carrier, and wherein the alarming mechanism is configured to be armed prior to the housing being secured to the carrier.

9. The security device of claim 1, wherein the cable comprises a first end attached to the housing.

10. The security device of claim 1, wherein the cable comprises at least one conductor in electrical communication with the alarming mechanism, and wherein the alarming mechanism is configured to detect an interruption in a signal transmitted through the at least one conductor.

11. The security device of claim 1, further comprising a key operable for disarming the alarming mechanism.

12. The security device of claim 1, wherein the cable is a mechanical cable.

13. The security device of claim 1, wherein a length of the cable is adjustable.

14. The security device of claim 1, further comprising an alarm configured to generate an audio and/or a visual alarm signal in response to removal of the housing from the object.

15. A security device comprising:

a housing configured to be attached to an object;

an alarming mechanism at least partially contained by the housing, wherein the alarming mechanism comprises a plurality of actuation mechanisms, and wherein one of the actuation mechanisms comprises a plunger switch and the other actuation mechanism comprises a rotatable member; and

a cable attached to the housing and configured to extend at least partially about the object.

16. The security device of claim 15, wherein the cable comprises a first end attached to the housing.

17. The security device of claim 15, wherein the cable comprises at least one conductor in electrical communication with the alarming mechanism, and wherein the alarming mechanism is configured to detect an interruption in a signal transmitted through the at least one conductor.

18. The security device of claim 15, further comprising a key operable for disarming the alarming mechanism.

19. The security device of claim 15, wherein the cable is a mechanical cable.

20. The security device of claim 15, wherein a length of the cable is adjustable.

21. The security device of claim 15, wherein the plurality of actuation mechanisms are integrated into a single actuation component.

22. A method for securing an object comprising:

attaching a housing to an object, an alarming mechanism at least partially contained by the housing, wherein the alarming mechanism comprises at least one actuation mechanism, and wherein the at least one actuation mechanism is configured to sense both vertical displacement and translation; and

extending a cable attached to the housing at least partially about the object.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein extending comprising wrapping the cable circumferentially about the object.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising disarming the alarming mechanism with a key.

25. The method of claim 22, wherein the cable is a mechanical cable.