Theft-preventive display hook system
OwnerEiji Honoinventor
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Abstract
A security system for a display rack is provided in which merchandise in packages is threaded through an opening in the packaging over the free end of a hanger rod for display. The free end of the hanger rod is threaded, and a threaded cap is treated onto the free end of the rod to prevent removal of the package. The cap has a pair of opposed grooves, and a special key 13 is provided to remove the cap.
Claims9
A theft preventive display hook system to prevent unauthorized removal of a merchandise container having a mounting hole of a first diameter, said system comprising a hanging member further comprising a hanging rod for said container, means for rigidly and fixedly supporting said hanging rod in an outwardly extending direction, a threaded free end on said hanging rod about which said merchandise containers are placed and suspended from said rod, a cap threadedly engageable with said threaded free end, said cap having an outer diameter greater than said first diameter, a slippery or smooth exterior surface substantially preventing hand rotation of said cap and opposed, outwardly open grooves in said cap, and key means for rotating said cap into and out of threaded engagement with said hanging rod, said key means having portions drivingly engageable with the open grooves in said cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.