US 6,659,382 B2Granted

Security device for display of hand held items

AssigneeVira Manufacturing, Inc.

InventorRichard Ryczek

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Abstract

An apparatus for displaying mobile phones and other hand-held devices comprising a clamping system, a retracting system, and a positioning system. The clamping system holds a hand-held device between two parts, which are fastened together by a fitting and a security screw having a head with a slot requiring a special key. The retracting system includes a retractable tethering cable wound on a spool. The positioning system includes a male component, which anchors the tethering cable to the fitting, and a female component, which is mounted on the retracting system. The tethering cable passes through the female component of the positioning system so that when the hand-held device is retracted, the male component of the positioning system is received by the female component thus assuring proper orientation of the hand-held device on display.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An apparatus for securely displaying a hand-held device on a display structure while allowing said hand-held device to be examined comprising:

a secure clamping means to securely clamp said hand-held device and connect said hand-held device to a tether comprising an upper component and a lower component and a coupling fitting;
a means to extend and to retract said tether comprising a spring activated means, with said spring activated means mounted on a housing plate and with said housing plate having an opening for passage of a tethering cable and with a second end of said tethering cable connected to said spring activated means and with said spring activated means exerting a retracting force when said tethering cable is extended;
a positioning means having a non-circular positioning element to position said clamped device in a fixed orientation when said device is retracted;
said non-circular positioning element being connected to said extending and retracting means;
a complementary positioning element comprising second non-circular positioning element disposed about said opening in said housing plate, and with said cable passing through said opening, and with said complementary positioning element connected to said housing plate by connecting means, and with said complementary positioning element having a lumen to permit passage of said cable, so that said non-circular positioning element and said complementary positioning element mate in a fixed orientation when said tethering cable is completely retracted;
each of said upper component and said lower component comprising said secure clamping means has a bottom element with a first end and a second end, with said bottom element of each component having an inside that receives said hand-held device and an outside.

3 more elements

An apparatus to securely clamp a hand-held device to a tether comprising:

an upper component and a lower component with each of said components having a bottom element with a first end and a second end, with said bottom element of each component having an inside that receives said hand-held device and an outside, and with each first end of said components having a bracket to confine said hand-held device within said bottom element, and with each second end comprising an edge, and with each edge having a tab and with each tab perpendicular to each edge and each tab projecting from the outside of each bottom element, and with each tab having an opening, and with a one of said openings threaded to receive a screw having a threaded shaft and a head and an other of said openings unthreaded and able to receive only said threaded shaft of said screw, and a coupling fitting, with said coupling fitting comprising a base, with said base having at least two opposing flat faces for contact with said tabs of said clamping components, and with at least two opposing flat faces having opposing holes interconnected by a hollow passage through said base to receive said threaded shaft of said screw, and a non-circular positioning element connected to said base to mate with a complementary positioning element connected to an extending and retracting means, and with a tethering cable connected to said non-circular positioning element, and with said upper component and said lower component aligned with said coupling fitting so that said tabs are opposed, and each said tab is in contact with an opposed flat face of said coupling fitting, and with said holes of said coupling fitting aligned with said openings of said tabs to receive said screw, and with said edges of said components opposed, so that said bracket of said upper component and said bracket of said lower component are aligned to receive said hand-held device so that said received hand-held device can be securely clamped by inserting said threaded screw through said unthreaded opening of said tab, and through said opposed holes of said coupling device and tightening said screw in said threaded opening of said tab.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/902,141Filed 10 Jul 2001
Published: US 2003/0010859 A116 Jan 2003
Granted: 9 Dec 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

A45F 5/004
Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping: with an automatic spring reel
A47F 7/024
For jewellery, dentures, watches, eye-glasses, lenses, or the like: with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal
A45F 5/00
Holders or carriers for hand articles
A45F 5/02
Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping: fastening articles to the garment