US 5,493,879 A · Dual lock security rack arm

Abstract

A security rack arm is disclosed herein having an elongated channel base provided with a plurality of open vertical slots in fixed spaced-apart relationship. A slide bar is movably disposed on the base and is provided with a plurality of apertures with upper and lower lugs extending towards one another from opposite sides of each aperture to define a lower locked storage cavity and an upper release or unlocked cavity. A lock latch mechanism carried on the slide bar cooperates with the base to selectively align the release cavity with the open vertical slot to permit passage of a garment hook normally disposed in the storage cavity through the aperture into the open vertical slot for separation from the rack. An expansion spring carried between the base and the slide bar normally biases the upper and lower lugs to close the open vertical slot depending upon the lock latch mechanism.

Claims8

Dependent claims

In a two-position security rack arm for releasably supporting an item to be separated from the rack arm comprising:

a bar member and a slider member mounted together for relative movement with respect to each other;
each of said bar and said slider members having open-ended passageways leading exteriorly of said bar and said slider members when aligned in a first position;
said slider member having an upper lug blocking each said bar member passageway in a passageway non-aligned position constituting a second position;
and
said slider member having a lower lug in spaced apart relationship with said upper lug partially blocking each said passageway of said bar member in said first position;
said upper and lower lugs extending from said slider member in a direction parallel to the sliding movement of the slider member, and are spaced apart in a direction generally perpendicular to said movement.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dual lock security rack arm

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Dual lock security rack arm

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Abstract

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