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US 2012/0234056 A1Published application
Antitheft device for retail articles
AssigneeThoonsen Trading
InventorJacky Thoonsen
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Abstract
This invention relates to an antitheft device for off-the-shelf items comprising a housing which contains an antitheft detection system and locking means hidden from view, and an attaching element that can be locked into the body of the housing. The device has in particular the appearance of a padlock, the attaching element forming the rigid loop of the padlock and being adapted to be placed in an attached position where it is held locked by one of its ends in the housing body.
Claims9
An antitheft device for off-the-shelf items comprising
- a housing the body of which contains an antitheft detection system and locking means, and
- an attaching element that can be locked into the body of the housing, the attaching element being filiform in shape and attached to the housing so as to be mobile, the attaching element comprising a proximal end that is integral with the housing body and a distal end capable of being either in an attached position where it is held locked in the housing body, or in a detached position where it is free and separate from the housing, wherein the proximal end of the attaching element is capable of turning in relation to the body of the device in the detached position of the distal end and wherein the attaching element is metal and is adapted, in the attached position, to be hung directly from the item to be protected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.