Tethered security device for use with an electronic key
AssigneeInVue Security Products Inc.
InventorsRobert Schultz, Christopher J. Fawcett
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Abstract
A merchandise security device is provided. The merchandise security device may include a base configured to be attached to a support surface. The base includes an alarm circuit and a tether, and the tether is configured to be extended and retracted relative to the base and to be coupled to one or more items of merchandise. The alarm circuit is configured to detect removal of the base from the support surface, cutting of the tether, and/or removal of the tether. In addition, the security device includes a lock mechanism configured to lock to the tether for securing the one or more items of merchandise to the tether, wherein one or more items of merchandise are removable from the tether when the lock mechanism is unlocked.
Claims19
A security device for securing a plurality of items from theft, the security device comprising:
- a base configured to be attached to a support surface, the base comprising an alarm circuit and a tether, the tether configured to be extended and retracted relative to the base
- an engagement mechanism independent of the base;
- a connector at a free end of the tether configured to be removably engaged with the engagement mechanism,
- wherein the tether is configured to be extended from the base for securing the plurality of items between the engagement mechanism and the base when the connector is engaged with the engagement mechanism,
- wherein the tether is configured to retract relative to the base when the connector is disengaged from the engagement mechanism,
- wherein the alarm circuit configured to detect removal of the base from the support surface, and
- wherein the alarm circuit is configured to detect unauthorized removal of the connector from the engagement mechanism.
A method for securing a plurality of items from theft, the method comprising:
- attaching a base to a support surface, the base comprising an alarm circuit and a tether, the tether configured to be extended and retracted relative to the base;
- extending the tether from the base;
- and
- removably engaging a connector at a free end of the tether to an engagement mechanism independent of the base to secure the plurality of items between the engagement mechanism and the base when the tether is extended from the base, wherein the alarm circuit is configured to detect removal of the base from the support surface and unauthorized removal of the connector from the engagement mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.