CN214896831U - Safety device for commodity anti-theft - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a safety device for commodity theft prevention, which comprises a supporting component, a mounting base and a movable cover plate; a support assembly configured to be able to be used to support a base or merchandise of a factory charging apparatus; a mounting base configured to operably engage a support surface for supporting a support assembly thereon; the support assembly includes a cable receiving member configured to be operably associated with the removable cover for confining a cable of a factory charging apparatus within the cable receiving member. The utility model discloses in, removable cover includes first combination component (draw-in groove or card strip), and supporting component includes second combination component (card strip or draw-in groove), removes removable cover, and the card strip can remove in the draw-in groove, is convenient for open removable cover like this, is favorable to accomodating former factory charging device's cable, also is convenient for inspect, change or maintain the cable etc..

Description

Safety device for commodity anti-theft

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a commodity theftproof field especially relates to a safety device for commodity theftproof.

Background

Merchandise theft protection is an industry that has emerged with the development of the retail industry. In the retail industry, the goods to be sold or other equipment or objects with the value close to the goods to be sold cannot be monitored manually at all times, so that the objects or the equipment are at risk of being stolen or damaged, which is a large but avoidable loss in the retail process, and therefore most retail manufacturers choose to use anti-theft measures to avoid such loss. The commodity theft prevention generally comprises common commodity theft prevention and commodity display theft prevention, wherein the common commodity theft prevention mainly means that a sold commodity is directly placed in a certain place for customers to choose, such as a shopping mall or a supermarket, the region theft prevention is common under the situation, anti-theft measures along with the commodity are arranged at an entrance and an exit of the place, and the unlocking is performed after the customers pay. Unlike the case of the theft prevention of the display goods, the object to be protected from the theft prevention of the display goods is not a goods to be directly sold but a good having the same value as the goods, and the display goods cannot be sold but can be used in a limited place or range. The prior art for preventing the displayed goods from being stolen usually is to configure at least one antitheft device (which can also be shared) for each displayed goods, and also to configure a power supply device for the displayed goods and the antitheft devices.

Most of the displayed commodities, namely the commodities, are simply displayed in a sales place for customers to experience by detaching the commodities from the sales places in order to improve the experience of the customers, so that the customers can carry out other use activities except occupation, thereby better understanding the characteristics of the commodities and being a better mode for promoting sales. Therefore, accessories of the exhibit are factory accessories of the commodities, for example, most of electronic products are provided with data lines when leaving factories, power transmission can be carried out but no adapter is provided, the whole quality of commodity packaging can be reduced, most of customers can use the data lines to get power or be externally provided with other adapters, but for the exhibit, a seller does not have a redundant adapter, and therefore the adapter and the cable need to be additionally arranged, and the redundant adapter and the cable are additionally provided with anti-theft equipment, so that serious peripheral burden is inevitably caused to the exhibit, and the exhibition table is not concise.

In the prior art, most of anti-theft devices are provided with a structure for accommodating cables at the base part, but the cables are accommodated in the base, the base is fixed on the supporting surface (the bottom of the base is generally adhered to the supporting surface through a double-faced adhesive tape or the base is fixed on the supporting surface through screws or bolts), when the cables go wrong and need to be checked and maintained, the base and the supporting surface are separated at first, which is troublesome, and if the base and the supporting surface are separated for many times, the display table top can have more adhesive marks (the bottom of the base is adhered to the supporting surface through the double-faced adhesive tape).

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a safety device for commodity theftproof is provided, can overcome the problem in the background art.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted is:

a security device for merchandise theft prevention comprising:

the device comprises a supporting component, a mounting base and a movable cover plate;

a support assembly configured to be able to be used to support a base or merchandise of a factory charging apparatus;

a mounting base configured to operably engage a support surface for supporting a support assembly thereon;

the support assembly includes a cable receiving member configured to be operably associated with the removable cover for confining a cable of a factory charging apparatus within the cable receiving member.

The utility model discloses in, former factory charging device just indicate along with commodity together leave factory place the charging device that goes on selling in same packing carton with commodity, include the charging data line, the charging data joint and the wireless charger (base promptly) of former factory configuration usually, nevertheless do not include the adapter, sometimes also can include the adapter, nevertheless the utility model discloses in can not use the adapter.

Further, the factory charging device is configured to be detachably coupled with the safety device. As preferred, the utility model provides a charging data joint on the charging device of former factory can combine and get the electricity from safety device, as preferred, the utility model discloses a charging data line (cable) of former factory charging device also can be put into by whole or part and carry out the cable and accomodate in the safety device.

Further, the cable housing member includes at least one channel configured to allow a cable of a factory charging apparatus to pass through.

Further, a remote power source is included, the factory charging apparatus being configured to be directly or indirectly connected to and draw power from the remote power source.

Further, the power supply system comprises a power supply output interface and a power supply line, wherein the power supply output interface is connected with the power supply line, and the original factory charging device is directly or indirectly connected to a remote power supply through the power supply output interface so as to provide power for the commodity.

Further, a warning device and a safety cable are included, the safety cable being configured to be connectable to the article and the warning device, respectively, for detecting a connection status of the article. In the present invention, the connection state of the commodity generally refers to the connection state of the commodity and the warning device (or its components) and the safety cable, and the connection state includes a direct connection state, for example, a sensor is provided on the security device, the sensor is attached to the surface of the article, at this time, the connection state of the sensor and the commodity can be regarded as one of the connection states of the commodity, and if the commodity is connected to the safety device through the original factory charging cable, and power is taken from the security device, at which point the merchandise may be considered to be indirectly connected to the security device via the factory charging cable, the connection state can also be regarded as one of the connection states of the commodity, for example, the warning device is provided with a safety cable, the commodity is connected to the base through the factory charging cable, the base is connected to the warning device through the safety cable, and the connection state in the process can also be regarded as the connection state of the commodity (including a direct or indirect connection state). According to actual need can set up the connection state (or one, or all) of commodity and be detected, the connection state of commodity is detected to be the prior art in commodity theftproof field, this part of content in the utility model can adopt the known scheme among the prior art.

Further, the warning device is configured to be able to issue a security signal when the security cable is broken and/or the connection of the goods is illegally disconnected. The damaged security cable generally refers to the unauthorized malicious damage or damage in use of the security cable, and the illegal disconnection of the connection state of the commodity mainly refers to the situation that the connection state of the commodity is disconnected under the unauthorized condition. It should be noted that, the alarm device is set in the anti-theft device for goods and the alarm device sends out safety signal, and the alarm device is the prior art in the anti-theft field for goods, and this part of content the utility model discloses can adopt the scheme among the prior art.

Further, the alert device is configured to be disposed on an electrical power transmission line between the power output interface and the remote power source. Thus, the warning device can also be used as a loop in an overall detection loop for carrying out safety monitoring on the commodity in a commodity connection state, and the mode in the prior art can also be adopted by the arrangement of the warning device.

Further, the removable cover comprises a first combination member, the support assembly comprises a second combination member, and the removable cover is configured to be combined with the cable receiving member through the first combination member and the second combination member and configured to prevent the receiving wire from being exposed in a combined state.

Further, the mounting base and the support surface may be coupled by adhesive and/or fasteners. The bottom surface of the base can be adhered to a table top through adhesive, can also be fixed to the table top through a fastener, or can be adopted at the same time, and can be selected according to actual conditions.

The utility model has the advantages that:

(1) the utility model discloses accomodate the component including the cable at safety device's supporting component, this component can be in removable combination with removable cover, can inject former factory charging device's cable in the component is accomodate to the cable. The movable cover plate comprises a first combination component (a clamping groove or a clamping strip), the supporting component comprises a second combination component (a clamping strip or a clamping groove), the movable cover plate is moved, the clamping strip can move in the clamping groove, the movable cover plate is convenient to open, a cable of a charging device of an original factory is convenient to store, and the cable is convenient to check, replace or maintain.

(2) In the utility model, the cable of the original factory charging device can be accommodated in the cable accommodating component, and the cable of the original factory charging device can be connected to the base; the exhibition commodity can directly get the electricity from the mounting base through the former cable, has avoided the trouble of former cable configuration adapter in addition, has also avoided former cable and mounting base (safety device) to get the wiring confusion that the electricity caused respectively.

(3) The utility model discloses the storage space of former factory charging device cable has been set up in the component is accomodate to the cable for former factory charging device cable is placed at the cable regularly when using and is accomodate the component in, can effectively protect the cable in arrangement cable, avoids the unnecessary damage of cable.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an overall external view of the safety device of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the safety device of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the safety device of the present invention (the bottom surface of the base is hidden, and the internal structure of the mounting base is shown).

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the safety device of the present invention (the bottom surface of the base is hidden, and the structure of the connection between the charging data connector and the mounting base is shown).

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a combination of a commercial product and a security device (showing an application scenario of the security device of the present invention).

Detailed Description

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments are only specific illustrations of the present invention, and the purpose of the present invention is to make the technical solution of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, and should not be considered as a limitation of the present invention, and the structure not described in detail can be understood as being capable of processing connection by using conventional structure or circuit.

In addition, the embodiments and the features of the embodiments in the present invention may be combined with each other without conflict. In the description of the present embodiment, if the directions or positional relationships indicated by "center", "length", "width", "height", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "large", "small", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. are referred to based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, it is only for convenience of description of the present invention and simplification of description, rather than to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and not be construed as limiting the invention, in which case reference to "first," "second," etc., in the present application is intended to represent sequential order, merely to distinguish between technical terms that have the same or similar function but differ in particular design, and are not meant to imply a logical sequential order, nor should they be construed as limitations on the present invention. The protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the contents of the claims.

In the present invention, technical terms related to the prior art and the embodiments may be referred to, and these technical terms do not necessarily refer to the technical solution to be protected by the present invention, but may relate to the technical solution to be protected by the present invention, in order to facilitate understanding of those skilled in the art, these technical terms that may be referred to are explained first, if the technical terms that are referred to are not explained completely in the present invention, they may be understood by referring to the technical solution in the prior art, and do not affect the overall expression of the present invention.

Safety device

The utility model discloses in, safety device is the device that is used for in the commodity theftproof, play and ensures the commodity safety effect, or say that the category of safety device itself is very big, can indicate widely, in the commodity theftproof field, play theftproof or safety effect's device, for example sensor, alarm etc. all can regard as one kind or a part of safety device, in some occasions, safety device also can be whole safety system, in some occasions, safety device also can be a part of safety system, or be a sensor, a part of alarm, a termination for example, this termination can be attached to on the commodity to trigger safety signal under certain condition, or report to the police. It should be noted that, in the commodity theftproof field, trigger the safety signal or report to the police under certain condition, be conventional technique, the utility model discloses do not improve the type of safety signal or the type of alarm signal or the mode of reporting to the police, the utility model discloses the improvement is safety device's structure.

Safe/non-safe states

The safe or unsafe state referred to in the utility model refers to the state of the displayed merchandise, especially refers to the state of the relationship between the displayed merchandise and the anti-theft device under the condition of setting the anti-theft device, generally speaking, the merchandise is in the state that we consider it not stolen, which is referred to as the safe state, which we consider possibly stolen state, which is referred to as the unsafe state, whether the anti-theft measure is intact, whether the displayed merchandise is under the protection of the anti-theft measure, if so, we consider it is the safe state, if not, we consider it is the unsafe state, that is, the safe or unsafe state can be relative to the anti-theft measure, for example, the anti-theft measure is that the displayed merchandise is always connected with the charging interface, then, the sensor detects the charging interface, whether it is always connected with the merchandise, if yes, the system is in a safe state, and if the connection is disconnected, the system is in a non-safe state; or if the anti-theft measure is to keep the commodity in a charging state all the time, the sensor detects whether the charging cable of the commodity keeps power transmission, if so, the charging cable is in a safe state, and if not, the charging cable is in a non-safe state; or, if the anti-theft measure is that the commodity is clamped by the clamping device, the sensor detects whether the commodity is in the clamping space or whether the commodity is in contact with or installed on the clamping device, if so, the commodity is in a safe state, and if not, the commodity is in a non-safe state; and so on.

Security signal

Security signals are also a well-known concept in the field of article surveillance, when an article is in an unsecured state, some components in an article surveillance system will send out a security signal, which may be a sensing signal or an electrical signal or a digital signal, which may be triggered by many methods/events in the prior art, for example, the event may be a physical disconnection or a circuit disconnection, the triggering method may be sensing by the sensing component, the sensing signal is transmitted to the corresponding device, the corresponding device can send out a security signal according to the most basic logic judgment (yes/no) after receiving the sensing signal, in the field of article surveillance, the general triggering method may be disconnection, disconnection charging, detachment from an installed component, or destruction in a certain set manner, may trigger the generation of a security signal, which is conventional in the art.

Cable with a flexible connection

The cable is a concept of connection and/or transmission in the present invention, in some cases, the cable may be a purely mechanical connection, connecting two objects, in some cases, the cable may provide power transmission (strong current) to establish power connection for two parties connected by the cable, one party may provide power to the other party, or both parties may have power to transmit each other, in some cases, the cable may provide data transmission (including weak current) to provide power and data connection for two parties connected by the cable, one party may provide power or transmit data signals to the other party, or both parties may have power and data signals to transmit each other, in some cases, the power of the transmission line in the cable may be used as an induction loop, i.e. a determination factor for detecting whether the cable is on or off, for example, when there is power transmission in the cable, the sensing loop can be considered to be smooth, the cable is in a normal connection state, at the moment, if the cable is connected with the commodity and the anti-theft host machine, the commodity can be considered to be in a safe state, or when signals are transmitted in the cable, the sensing loop can also be considered to be smooth, the cable is in a normal connection state, at the moment, if the cable is connected with the commodity and the anti-theft host machine, the commodity can be considered to be in a safe state, under the condition, the cable can play a sensing role and equivalently play a part of a sensor, and the cable at the moment can be used as a part of the sensor. In fact, the effect of cable in this theftproof field is the commonly used technical means in this field too, the utility model discloses do not relate to the structure of cable itself and the improvement of function, the utility model discloses only provide some application scenarios to the cable that is used for commodity theftproof.

In the prior art of commodity theftproof, some are exclusively used in the cable of theftproof, that is can transmit theftproof signal or safety signal, usually in addition to two wires that are used for forming conductive loop, still have a data line of special transmission signal, the weak current wire usually, only is used for transmitting data, signal and conductive loop can be independent the utility model discloses in, can directly adopt ordinary conductive cable as the signal line to thereby current or voltage on the warning return circuit detection wire reach the purpose that detects whether commodity is in safe state.

Authorized/unauthorized

In the present invention, the unauthorized is relative to the authorized, because in the field of merchandise theft prevention, there are two ways of locking and unlocking, during the merchandise being displayed or used, it should be usually in the locked state, in which the merchandise will not be stolen, but besides the theft, the merchandise may be actively removed from the theft prevention device by the merchant, for example, when a certain merchandise is released from the market and is not displayed any more, the corresponding exhibit will be removed, which relates to the replacement of the merchandise, or when the merchandise has quality problem and needs to be repaired, it may be removed from the theft prevention device, when the merchandise is replaced or repaired, the merchandise will be removed from the theft prevention device by the staff (merchant) with authority, at this time, the connection between the merchandise and the theft prevention device will be released, for example, the connector will be removed from the merchandise, in this case we call authorized, and vice versa unauthorized. Authorization or non-authorization is a concept that is relatively well known and frequently used in the field of merchandise theft prevention.

Warning signal and warning device

In the utility model, the warning signal can be some signals common in the anti-theft field of goods, such as safety signal, alarm signal, etc., and the signal can be a very simple signal whether the current is on or off, for example, whether the current exists on the conducting cable, the signal can be used as a safety signal, or whether the connector is connected to the goods, or can be used as a safety signal, safety signal and alarm signal, just for transmitting a prompt signal whether the goods is in a safe state to the alarm, the alarm triggers the alarm according to the warning signal, in the prior art, the alarm is triggered by the on or off of the current, or the alarm is triggered by the connection, which are all conventional technical means, the utility model does not improve the alarm rule of the alarm or the sending mode of the safety signal and the alarm signal, the utility model is only an application mode of the warning signal, namely, the structure of the anti-theft safety device for the commodities, and the device capable of sending out the warning signal is the warning device. In the field of commodity theft prevention, an alarm host or a theft prevention host of an alarm device is included.

The present invention will be further described in detail by way of examples based on the above description.

Example 1, see figures 1-5.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides a security device for merchandise theft prevention, comprising:

the device comprises a supporting component, a mounting base 2 and a movable cover plate 1;

a support assembly configured to be able to be used to support the base 4 of the factory charging apparatus or the goods;

a mounting base 2 configured to be operatively associated with a support surface for supporting a support assembly thereon;

the support assembly comprises a cable receiving member 3, the cable receiving member 3 being configured to be operably associated with the removable cover 1 for confining a cable 6 of a factory charging apparatus within the cable receiving member 3.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 5, the commodity 5 is exemplified by an electronic watch, accordingly, the original factory charging device includes a watch wireless charger (i.e. the base 4), a cable 6 of the original factory charging device and a charging data connector 7, the cable 6 of the original factory charging device connects the base 4 and the charging data connector 7, and the charging data connector 7 can be connected to a charging interface of an external power supply to supply power to the base 4.

In some preferred forms, the means of coupling the mounting base 2 to the support surface comprises glue and/or fasteners. Specifically, the bottom surface of the mounting base 2 may be adhered to a supporting surface by glue, or may be fixed to a supporting surface (such as a table top or a display surface) by fasteners (such as screws, bolts, or rivets), or both, which may be selected according to actual conditions.

In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 1-5, the mounting base 2 is coupled to a support assembly, the mounting base 2 may be fixedly coupled to the support assembly, and the mounting base 2 supports the support assembly and the merchandise thereon.

In some preferred modes, as shown in fig. 2, the support assembly further includes a support head 11, the support head is connected with the cable receiving member 3 (the support head and the cable receiving member may be fixed or snap-fit connected), in some preferred modes, the support head 11 may be designed to be capable of supporting the base 4, for example, a shape corresponding to or matching with the base 4, a plane is formed on the support head 11, the base 4 can be placed, and preferably, the base 4 can also be fixed or fixed to some extent on the support head 11 by means of glue or snap-fit connection.

In some preferred manners, as shown in fig. 2, the removable cover 1 includes a first coupling member 13, the support assembly includes a second coupling member 14, and the removable cover 1 is configured to be coupled to the cable accommodating member 3 via the first and second coupling members 14 and configured to prevent the accommodating wire from being exposed in a coupled state. In some preferred forms, the cable receiving member 3 is detachably combined with the flap 1. In some preferred manners, as shown in fig. 2, the first coupling member 13 is a clamping groove (or a clamping strip), the cable accommodating member 3 is provided with a second coupling member 14, the second coupling member 14 is a clamping strip (or a clamping groove), the shape of the clamping groove is matched with that of the clamping strip, and the clamping groove and the clamping strip can be combined, so that the cable accommodating member 3 and the movable cover plate 1 are combined, and the cable of the original charging device is limited in the cable accommodating member 3. In some preferred modes, remove removable cover, the card strip can remove in the draw-in groove, is convenient for like this open removable cover 1, is favorable to accomodating former factory charging device's cable 6, also is convenient for carry out inspection, change or maintenance etc. to cable 6. In some preferred manners, when the first coupling member 13 and the second coupling member 14 are completely coupled, the cable housing member 3 is coupled to the movable cover 1, and the cable 6 of the factory charging apparatus can be confined in the cable housing member 3. When the cable housing member 3 is completely coupled to the movable cover 1, if the movable cover is moved upward and withdrawn, the cable 6 of the factory charging apparatus can be taken out.

In some preferred forms, the factory charging apparatus is configured to be detachably coupled to the safety device. In some preferred modes, the charging data connector 7 of the original factory charging device can be detachably combined with the safety device, and when the charging data connector 7 of the original factory charging device is combined with the safety device, electricity can be taken from the safety device. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the charging data connector 7 of the original factory charging device can be inserted into a socket in the base, so as to be able to take power from the safety device.

In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 2, the cable housing member 3 includes at least one channel 41, the channel 41 being configured to allow the cable 6 of the factory charging apparatus to pass through. In some preferred modes, a wire clamping or winding structure is arranged inside the channel, and the cable 6 of the original factory charging device can be clamped on the wire clamping structure or wound on the winding structure, so that the cable can be prevented from being wound together in an unordered mode; and can effectively protect the cable when the arrangement cable, avoid the unnecessary damage of cable. The utility model discloses in, component 3 is accomodate to the cable is located safety device's support position, if component 3 setting is accomodate to the cable inside the base, just so can produce that kind of problem among the prior art (be not convenient for inspection, repair cable etc.), can make the base volume great like this moreover, occupy more show mesa.

In some preferred forms, the safety device comprises a remote power source, and the factory charging device is configured to be directly or indirectly connected to and draw power from the remote power source. In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 2, the cable 6 of the factory charging device can be passed out from the bottom or side of the mounting base 2 and connected to a remote power source through a charging data connector 7. In some preferred forms, as shown in figure 3, the cable 6 of the factory charging apparatus can be connected to a security device which is connected to a remote power source via a power cord 25, an adapter 31.

In some preferred forms, as shown in figures 3-4, the security device includes a power output interface connected to the power cord 25 and a power cord 25, the factory charging device being configured to be connected directly or indirectly to a remote power source via the power output interface to provide power to the article of merchandise. In some preferred manners, the power output interface may be disposed inside the mounting base 2, the charging data connector 7 may be connected thereto to obtain power, and the power output interface may be an output interface matched with the charging data connector 7, such as a USB output interface.

In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 3-5, the safety device includes a warning device 8 and a safety cable 9, the safety cable 9 being configured to be connected to the merchandise and the warning device 8 to establish a safety detection loop for detecting the merchandise connection status. For example, the safety cable 9 is connected with the sensor 10, the sensor may be attached to a certain surface of the commodity 5, for example, a watch strap, as shown in fig. 5, in this embodiment, the sensor 10 is a clip-type sensor, for example, the clip-type sensor disclosed in chinese utility model CN 2019212796227, the connection state of the sensor 10 and the commodity 5 can be regarded as one of the connection states of the commodity, the warning device 8 can send out a safety signal when the safety cable 9 is damaged and/or the connection state of the commodity is illegally disconnected, and in some ways, an alarm device, for example, a buzzer, may be directly arranged in the warning device 8, and the buzzer is directly triggered to alarm when the safety signal is generated.

In some preferred forms, the warning device 8 is configured to be disposed on an electrical power transmission line between the power output interface and the remote power source. In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 3-4, the warning device 8 can be installed at the bottom of the mounting base 2, the bottom of the mounting base 2 is provided with a recessed space for installing the warning device 8, and an electrical contact point is provided on the inner wall of the recessed space and can be in contact with the electrical contact point on the surface of the warning device 8 to form an electrical connection, when the warning device 8 is externally connected via the power line 25, the warning device 8 is disposed on the power transmission line between the power output interface with the base 4 as the output end and the remote power source, and can provide power for the mounting base 2 via the electrical contact point, accordingly, the charging data connector 7 can be connected to the mounting base 2 to receive power, so as to supply power to the base 4.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various features of the above-described embodiments can be combined in any combination, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of features in the above-described embodiments are not described in detail, but rather, all combinations of features which are not inconsistent with each other should be construed as being within the scope of the present disclosure.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A security device for merchandise theft prevention, comprising:

the device comprises a supporting component, a mounting base and a movable cover plate;

a support assembly configured to be able to be used to support a base or merchandise of a factory charging apparatus;

a mounting base configured to operably engage a support surface for supporting a support assembly thereon;

the support assembly includes a cable receiving member configured to be operably associated with the removable cover for confining a cable of a factory charging apparatus within the cable receiving member.

2. The security device of claim 1, wherein said factory charging device is configured to be removably coupled to said security device.

3. The security device of claim 1, wherein the cable receiving member comprises at least one channel configured to allow a cable of a factory charging device to pass through.

4. A security device according to claim 1, comprising a remote power source, said factory charging means being arranged to be connected directly or indirectly to the remote power source and to receive power therefrom.

5. The security device of claim 1, comprising a power output interface and a power cord, wherein the power output interface is connected to the power cord, and wherein the factory charging device is configured to be directly or indirectly connected to a remote power source through the power output interface to provide power to the article of merchandise.

6. A security device according to claim 1, comprising a warning device and a security cable, said security cable being configured to be connected to said article and said warning device for detecting said article connection status.

7. A security device according to claim 6, wherein said alarm device is configured to signal security when said security cable is broken and/or the connection to the article is broken illegally.

8. A security device according to claim 5, including warning means arranged to be provided on the power transmission line between the power output interface and the remote power source.

9. The security device of claim 1, wherein the removable cover includes a first coupling member, the support assembly includes a second coupling member, and the removable cover is configured to couple to the cable receiving member via the first and second coupling members and configured to prevent exposure of the receiving wire in the coupled state.

10. A security device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting base and the support surface are associated by means comprising adhesive and/or fasteners.

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