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US 2016/0115715 A1Published application
Antitheft device for retail articles
AssigneeThoonsen Trading
InventorJacky THOONSEN
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Abstract
An antitheft device for off-the-shelf items includes 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 forms the rigid loop of the padlock and is adapted to be placed in an attached position where it is held locked by one of its ends in the housing body.
Claims12
A method of protecting an off-the-shelf item in a commercial retail establishment, the off-the-shelf item including a looping part or a hole, the method comprising:
- inserting an attaching element of an antitheft device through the looping part or the hole of the off-the-shelf item, the attaching element being made of metal, filiform in shape, and attached to a housing of the antitheft device so as to be mobile, the attaching element comprising a proximal end that is rotatably fixed to a body of the housing and a distal end in a detached position in which the distal end is free and separate from the housing, the body of the housing containing an antitheft detection system and a locking unit;
- turning the proximal end of the attaching element in relation to the body of the housing while the distal end is in the detached position;
- locking the attaching element into the body of the housing of the antitheft device in an attached position in which the distal end is substantially immovably held locked in the body of the housing by the locking unit, thereby forming a handle that hangs directly from the off-the-shelf item to be protected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.