Wrap for an item of merchandise
AssigneeInVue Security Products Inc.
InventorsA. Reneau Van Landingham, JR., James K. Sankey
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Abstract
A merchandise security device configured for use with an electronic key for locking and/or unlocking a lock mechanism is provided. The merchandise security device may include a housing operably coupled with a cable, wherein the cable is configured to be extended and retracted relative to the housing and to at least partially surround an item of merchandise. The security device may also include a lock mechanism configured to releasably secure the cable relative to the housing for locking the cable about the item of merchandise. In addition, the lock mechanism is configured to receive electrical power for unlocking the lock mechanism so that the housing and the cable may be removed from the item of merchandise.
Claims20
A merchandise security device for securing an item of merchandise from theft, the merchandise security device comprising:
- a housing operably coupled with a cable, the cable configured to at least partially surround an item of merchandise;
- a lock mechanism configured to releasably secure the cable relative to the housing for locking the cable about the item of merchandise;
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- a shape memory material operably engaged with the lock mechanism and configured to change in shape in response to receiving electrical power from an electronic key for unlocking the lock mechanism so that the housing and the cable may be removed from the item of merchandise.
A method for securing an item of merchandise from theft, the method comprising:
- positioning a housing adjacent to an item of merchandise, the housing operably coupled with a cable;
- at least partially surrounding the item of merchandise with the cable;
- engaging a lock mechanism for releasably securing the cable relative to the housing such that the cable is locked about the item of merchandise;
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- actuating an electronic key for transferring electrical power to unlock the lock mechanism in response to a change in shape of a shape memory material operably engaged with the lock mechanism to facilitate removal of the housing and the cable from the item of merchandise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.