CN216850680U

CN216850680U - Commodity safety device powered by contact PIN

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Publication number: CN216850680U
Application number: CN202122370959.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 忻宏
Original assignee: Hangzhou Langhong Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Langhong Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-29
Filing date: 2021-09-29
Publication date: 2022-06-28
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses an adopt commodity safety device of contact PIN power supply, the utility model discloses in, the show subassembly includes that first magnetism inhales the component, and the component is inhaled including the second magnetism to first interface that charges, and when show subassembly and base combine, first magnetism is inhaled the component and is inhaled the component with the second magnetism and inhale the automatic second electrical contact PIN that makes and first electrical contact PIN aligns of component inter attraction, and the electric conductance is expert, and the base can be to show subassembly transmission electric power, whole in-process need not the counterpoint operation.

Description

Commodity safety device powered by contact PIN

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a commodity safety field especially relates to an adopt commodity safety device of contact PIN power supply.

Background

With the development of commodity experience type services, the display and experience functions of commodities are more opened to purchasers or potential purchasers, and meanwhile, the requirement for commodity theft prevention is continuously increased. On the one hand, the various requirements of the experience person are met as much as possible, all functions of the commodity and the side which is the most good and convenient are displayed to the experience person as much as possible, on the other hand, the possible stealing behaviors of the person who is in good care are prevented, and the hidden danger that the commodity is possibly stolen in the displaying and experiencing process is reduced or even eliminated as much as possible.

In the existing electronic product display scene, in order to ensure that a user can normally experience a commodity, the commodity is usually required to be in a powered state. In reality, some technical scheme adopt the charging cable to be connected to the power and charge for commodity, and the charging cable twines easily with other cables (for example the cable of connecting the alarm or sensor cable) and is in the same place, can disturb user's experience, because there are many cables can lead to the show mesa chaotic, not succinct. In some technical solutions, a PIN contact manner is adopted to supply power to the commodity, but the positioning operation is usually required, and the phenomenon of poor contact is easily caused, so that the power cannot be effectively supplied to the commodity.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a commodity safety device of adoption contact PIN power supply is provided.

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

a commodity security device powered by contact PIN includes

A display assembly and a base, the display assembly and the base being capable of being joined and separated;

the display assembly is configured to be attachable to the item of merchandise, the display assembly including a first magnetically attractive member and a first electrical contact PIN;

the base is operable to support the item of merchandise and/or the display assembly, the base includes a first charging interface including a second electrical contact PIN, the base, display assembly, first charging interface and second electrical contact PIN configured such that upon engagement of the display assembly and the base, the first charging interface is operable to automatically move the second electrical contact PIN from a non-aligned orientation to an aligned orientation to align with and electrically communicate with the first electrical contact PIN in response to magnetic attraction of a first magnetically attractive member;

the merchandise security device is configured such that when the display assembly and the base are engaged, the base is capable of transmitting power to the display assembly.

Further, the second electrical contact PIN is configured to have elasticity.

Further, the first charging interface is movable within a range defined by the base.

Further, the first charging interface includes a second magnetically attractive member configured to be mutually attractable with the first magnetically attractive member.

Further, the first electrical contact PIN is configured to draw power from the base for powering the display assembly and/or the item of merchandise.

Further, the display assembly and base are configured to be capable of communicating via wireless signals to communicate a security signal.

Further, the display assembly and/or base includes an alert device configured to issue a security signal or alarm in response to a merchandise security event.

Further, the display assembly includes a battery.

Further, the base is configured to be connected to a remote power source for obtaining operating power.

Further, a first communication interface is included for the alerting device to disarm the alert in response to the alert disarm signal.

The utility model has the advantages that:

(1) the utility model discloses in, the component is inhaled including first magnetism to the show subassembly, and the first interface that charges includes that the second magnetism inhales the component, and when show subassembly and base combine, first magnetism is inhaled the component and is inhaled the component with the second magnetism and can attract automatic second electrical contact PIN and align with first electrical contact PIN, and the electric conductance is expert, and the base can be to show subassembly transmission electric power, whole in-process need not the counterpoint operation.

(2) The utility model discloses in, the top and the below of first electrical contact PIN are equipped with the recess, and the recess can combine with corresponding arch on the base for the combination of show subassembly and base is comparatively stable, and first electrical contact PIN is comparatively stable with the combination of second electrical contact PIN6, can not rock, the phenomenon of contact failure can not appear.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view showing the assembly and the base in a separated state (showing the structure of the first electrical contact PIN and the first magnetic attraction member).

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the display module separated from the base (showing the connecting head structure on the display module).

Figure 3 is a schematic view of the display assembly in combination with a base.

Figure 4 is a schematic view showing the assembly separated from the base and with the alarm deactivation device deactivated.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the first charging interface before and after the assembly is combined with the base (showing the movement of the first charging interface in the base).

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the display assembly and the base in a separated state in embodiment 2 (wherein, the base and the display assembly adopt a cable to transmit a safety signal).

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical field personnel understand the utility model discloses the scheme, will combine the figure in the embodiment of the utility model below, to the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model carries out clear, complete description.

All directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, rear, horizontal, vertical … …) in the embodiments of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture, if the specific posture changes, the directional indicator changes accordingly.

In order to make the technical background and the application scenario of the present invention better understood by those skilled in the art, some technical terms involved in the embodiments are first explained.

Commodity securityThe merchandise security of the present invention includes some merchandise, such as electronic products, which needs to be functionally displayed to a purchaser or a potential purchaser, some functions of the merchandise need to be known to a user in a use situation, the merchandise generally has some man-machine interactive interfaces, a displayed user can contact within a certain range and use all or part of the functions of the merchandise exemplarily or demonstratively, so as to know the performance of the merchandise, the merchandise is directly contacted by an experiencer, the experiencer can use within a range limited by a seller or an owner of the merchandise, such as a sales location, but the merchandise cannot be taken out of the sales location, and the seller or the owner of the merchandise is attributed with ownership of the displayed merchandise, so that an anti-theft measure for protecting the security of the merchandise is needed, the anti-theft measures do not limit the use of the experiencer, but only limit the experiencer to take the experiencer away from the site, and even in some cases, the anti-theft measures need to be considered to prevent the use of the experiencer as far as possible so as to enable the experiencer to obtain better use experience.

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 unblocked, 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 the cable has signal transmission, the sensing loop can also be considered to be unblocked, 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, equivalently, a part of the sensor is played, 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, and the cable that also can transmit theftproof signal or security signal usually is being used for forming the wire of conducting loop except two, still has the data line of a special transmission signal, and weak current wire usually only is used for transmitting data, and signal and conducting loop can be independent, the utility model discloses in, can directly adopt ordinary electrically conductive cable as the signal line to thereby current or voltage on the warning return circuit detection wire reaches the purpose that whether detection commodity is in safe state.

Connector with a locking member

The connector can be used for connecting parts, the connector can be inserted or inserted in the connecting part, namely, a plug and a socket are included, the connector can have a charging function, for example, in the form of a charging interface, and can also be connected in a pure structure form, the connector can be connected with a cable, and can also be in a separate form, and when the connector is connected with the cable, the connector can also be used as a part of an induction loop on the sensor.

Sensor with a sensor element

The sensor often is used for certain signal of perception or certain state of perception, the utility model provides a sensor is exclusively used in commodity theftproof, and the sensor in the commodity theftproof can be an induction line, also can be a device that has inductive element, also can be the integrated component that has the response function on the connector, and its effect is exactly, can the sensing signal, distinguishes through this signal whether show commodity is in safe state. The sensor is a widely used prior art, and may be only a component (sensor) with sensing function, or a device with structure, which can sense or transmit some signals, such as the safety signal mentioned above, or a device with specific structure, which can send out the safety signal or warning signal.

Warning deviceThe utility model discloses in, warning device can be in the utility model discloses a partly hardware architecture that can play warning/warning effect that uses in the integrated device, it can be assembled in the utility model discloses a show subassembly or base, as a part wherein. Warning device needs the power consumption usually, and the power that warning device needs to use can be by the utility model discloses a show subassembly or base provide. The utility model discloses in, warning device's primary function is whether to be in safe state according to testing result judgement commodity, perhaps sends corresponding safety suggestion according to the judged result, for example reports to the police or sends safety signal etc.. The warning device can be independent hardware or an integral structure combined with other elements, such as a sensor and an alarm device, and the main function of the warning device is to carry out commodity safetyCertain link or certain several links of guarantee play certain effect, as long as can play the device of this kind of effect, we can all be called the utility model discloses a warning device to warning device is a concept known and applied for the trade in commodity theftproof field.

Alarm/warning

In the field of article theft prevention, an alarm is also a common theft prevention device, and is mainly used for performing an alarm operation according to a security signal sent by a sensor/cable and the like, and a typical example of an alarm device is an alarm for sending an alarm prompt sound to prompt staff in a sales place that an article may be in a safe or non-safe state. Generally speaking, can be called to send alarm signal to this kind of alarming function of alarm device, alarm signal for example reports to the police and suggests the sound, still includes light signal for some times, is called audible-visual annunciator, the utility model discloses do not improve alarm itself, can send alarm signal, perhaps can report to the police the device can be regarded as the utility model discloses an alarm.

Unauthorized removal

In the utility model, the non-authorization is relative to the authorization, because in the anti-theft field of goods, there are two modes of locking and unlocking, it should generally be in a locked state during the time the merchandise is being displayed, in which state the merchandise is not stolen, in addition to theft, however, it is possible that an item may be actively removed from the anti-theft device by the merchant, for example, when an item has been released from the market and is no longer sold, the corresponding exhibit is also taken down, which involves the replacement of the goods, or when the exhibit has quality problems, which require maintenance, and may also need to be removed from the anti-theft device, when the displayed merchandise is replaced or repaired, the merchandise may be removed from the anti-theft device by a staff (merchant) with authority, such removal is referred to as removal with authorization, whereas removal is considered unauthorized.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments

Example 1, see figures 1-5.

1-5, a merchandise security device powered by a contact PIN includes

A display assembly 1 and a base 2, which can be combined and separated;

the display assembly 1 is configured to be attachable to the item of merchandise S, the display assembly 1 comprising a first magnetically attractive member 101 and a first electrical contact PIN 4;

the base 2 is operable to support the item of merchandise S and/or the display assembly 1, the base 2 includes a first charging interface 51, the first charging interface 51 includes a second electrical contact PIN6, the base, display assembly, first charging interface and second electrical contact PIN are configured such that when the display assembly 1 and the base 2 are engaged, the first charging interface 51 is operable to automatically move the second electrical contact PIN6 from a non-aligned orientation to an aligned orientation to align with the first electrical contact PIN4 and to provide electrical communication in response to magnetic attraction of the first magnetic attraction member 101; the automatic means that: due to the magnetic attraction, the first charging interface 51 will move to a certain position to be stable, during which the second electrical contact PIN6 automatically moves into aligned contact with the first electrical contact PIN 4.

The merchandise security device is configured such that when the display assembly 1 and the base 2 are engaged, the base 2 is capable of transmitting power to the display assembly 1.

In some preferred manners, as shown in fig. 2, the first charging interface 51 includes a second magnetically attractive member 100 configured to be capable of attracting with the first magnetically attractive member 101. In some preferred forms, the second magnetically attractive member 100 is made of a ferrous material, the first magnetically attractive member 101 is made of a magnetic material, and the first magnetically attractive member 101 and the second magnetically attractive member 100 can attract each other and are combined together. In some preferred embodiments, the second magnetic member 100 is made of a magnetic material, the first magnetic member 101 is made of a magnetic material, and the magnetic polarity of the contact surfaces of the first magnetic member 101 and the second magnetic member 100 are opposite, and the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member can attract each other and be combined together.

In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 1-2, the display assembly 1 includes a product attachment surface 7 and a back surface 70, the product attachment surface 7 being disposed opposite the back surface 70; the display assembly 1 further comprises a connector 9, the connector 9 is located on the side of the commodity attachment surface, and the connector 9 can be combined with the jack of the commodity S to be electrically communicated. The product attachment surface 7 is configured to support a product S, and as shown in fig. 5, the back of the product S is attached to the attachment surface 7. In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 1, the back 70 of the display assembly 1 is provided with a first magnetically attractive member 101 and a first electrical contact PIN 4; in some preferred modes, the first magnetic attraction member 101 and the first electrical contact PIN4 are located on the same horizontal line, and after the first magnetic attraction member 101 is in attraction contact with the second magnetic attraction member 100, the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are correspondingly in contact conduction without alignment operation. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the number of the first magnetic attraction members 101 is 2, and the first magnetic attraction members are respectively located on two sides of the first electrical contact PIN4, when the first magnetic attraction members 101 and the second magnetic attraction members 100 are attracted to each other and combined, the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are also combined together, the two contacts are conducted, and the base can transmit power for the display component.

In some preferred modes, recess 3 is equipped with in the top and the below of first electric contact PIN4, the recess can combine with corresponding arch on the base, can be used for the location, also makes the combination of show subassembly and base comparatively stable simultaneously, and first electric contact PIN4 is comparatively stable with the combination of second electric contact PIN6, can not rock, the phenomenon of contact failure can not appear.

In some preferred modes, the grooves 3 are arranged above and below the first electric contact PINs 4, the grooves can be combined with corresponding protrusions on the base and can be used for positioning, meanwhile, the second electric contact PINs 6 are lower than the protrusions due to the fact that the height is set in the process that the display assembly and the base are placed and combined, abrasion in the process that the PINs 6 are combined is reduced, and the service life of a product is prolonged.

In some preferred forms, the display assembly 1 is removably connected to the base 2; be equipped with mounting groove 5 on the base, be equipped with the first interface 51 that charges in the mounting groove, be favorable to the show subassembly to combine with the first interface that charges. In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 1, the first charging interface is provided with a second electrical contact PIN 6; the number of the second electrical contacts PIN6 is identical to the number of the first electrical contacts PIN4, the interval between the plurality of second electrical contacts PIN6 is a1, the interval between the plurality of first electrical contacts PIN4 is a2, and a1 is a2, so that the first electrical contacts PIN4 and the second electrical contacts PIN6 are combined conveniently. In some preferred modes, the second electrical contact PIN6 is located on the same horizontal line as the second magnetically attractive member 100, and after the second magnetically attractive member 100 and the first magnetically attractive member 101 are attracted to each other and combined, the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are just in contact conduction, and no aligning operation is required. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the number of the second magnetic attraction members 100 is also 2, and the second magnetic attraction members are respectively located on two sides of the second electrical contact PIN6, when the first magnetic attraction member 101 and the second magnetic attraction member 100 are attracted to each other and combined, the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are also combined together, and the two contacts are conducted, so that the base can transmit power for the display component.

In some preferred forms, the second electrical contact PINs 6 are provided with protrusions 10 above and below, the protrusions 10 can be combined with corresponding grooves 3 on the display component, so that the combination of the display component and the base is stable, and the first electrical contact PINs 4 and the second electrical contact PINs 6 can be well contacted.

In some preferred modes, the position of the first electrical contact PIN4 matches with the position of the second electrical contact PIN6, the relative position of the first electrical contact PIN4 and the first magnetic attraction member 101 matches with the relative position of the second electrical contact PIN6 and the second magnetic attraction member 100, when the first magnetic attraction member 101 and the second magnetic attraction member 100 are combined, the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are just combined together to realize alignment, and the first electrical contact PIN4 contacts with the second electrical contact PIN6 to be electrically conducted, so that the commodity S on the display assembly 1 can be charged. When the first electrical contact PIN4 is connected to the second electrical contact PIN6, it is not necessary to perform a positioning operation intentionally to confirm whether the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are in contact conduction as long as the first magnetic attraction member 101 is combined with the second magnetic attraction member 100.

In some preferred forms, the second electrical contact PIN6 is configured to be resilient. For example, the second electrical contact PIN6 is made of an elastic element, and after the first electrical contact PIN4 is in contact with the second electrical contact PIN6, the second electrical contact PIN6 is compressed, so that the first electrical contact PIN4 and the second electrical contact PIN6 are combined tightly, charging can be achieved, poor contact is avoided, and power supply to commodities is affected.

In some preferred manners, the first charging interface 51 is movable within a limited range of the base 2. As shown in fig. 5(a) and 5(b), the first charging interface 51 is respectively illustrated at different positions in the base 2, the base 2 defines a smaller moving range for the first charging interface 51, which mainly refers to forward and backward (relative to the placement position of the goods) movement, when the display assembly 1 is close to the base 2, due to the magnetic attraction effect, the first charging interface 51 moves outward when the display assembly 1 is close to the base 2, so that the contact PINs are automatically aligned, and are not hard to touch, and in addition, when the display assembly 1 is taken away, the first charging interface 51 can also retract inward (due to the external force effect or gravity effect) and fall back into the base due to the moving space, thereby protecting the contact PINs facing outward.

In some preferred forms, the first electrical contact PIN4 is configured to draw power from the base 2 for powering the display assembly 1 and/or the item of merchandise. After the first electrical contact PIN4 contacts the second electrical contact PIN6, the charging circuit is completed and the base 2 can supply power to the display assembly 1 and/or the merchandise.

In some preferred forms, the display assembly 1 and base 2 are configured to communicate by wireless signals to communicate security signals. In some preferred modes, a wireless signal communication module is arranged inside the display assembly 1, and a wireless signal communication module is also arranged inside the base 2, so that wireless communication can be realized between the display assembly and the base. Show subassembly 1 and base 2 inside be equipped with the communication module of the same kind type respectively, for example bluetooth, infrared, WIFI etc. can send and accept wireless signal. The utility model discloses in, the wireless communication signal module of adoption is conventional technical means among the prior art, the utility model discloses do not improve wireless signal communication module.

In some preferred forms, the display assembly 1 and/or base 2 includes an alert device configured to issue a security signal or alarm in response to a merchandise security event. In some embodiments, the warning device may be located inside the display module 1 or the base 2 and connected to the circuit board inside the display module 1 or the base 2. The warning device may be an alarm device, such as a buzzer, capable of sounding an alarm. The utility model discloses a conventional warning device can among the prior art, the utility model discloses the theory of operation to warning device and structure itself improve.

In some preferred forms, the display assembly 1 comprises an accumulator. The battery of the display assembly 1 is capable of charging the merchandise. In some embodiments, the battery is capable of obtaining power from the base 2.

In some preferred forms, the base 2 is configured to be connected to a remote power source for obtaining operating power. In some preferred forms, as shown in fig. 3, the base 2 may be connected to a remote power source via a cable, connector 11, from which power may be obtained.

In some preferred forms, the merchandise security device includes a first communication interface for the alerting device to disarm in response to an alarm disarm signal. In some embodiments, the first communication interface is located on the base 2, the warning device is located inside the base 2, the first communication interface is connected to a circuit board, the warning device is also connected to the circuit board, the first communication interface can also be connected to an alarm circuit, when the alarm-releasing device 12 is in contact communication with the first communication interface, the alarm-releasing device 12 is in communication with the alarm circuit, the alarm-releasing device 12 outputs an alarm-releasing instruction (for example, outputs an instruction to stop the alarm, for example, outputs an instruction to stop the warning device (the warning device may be a buzzer) from sending a safety signal or stopping the alarm, and the warning device does not give an alarm after receiving the instruction, so that the purpose of releasing the alarm can be achieved. Above alarm circuit, warning device, bee calling organ and the sending of instruction, transmission and receipt all are conventional, the utility model discloses in, do not improve it.

Example 2, see figure 6.

In some embodiments, the display module 1 and the base 2 transmit a safety signal through the cable 13, one end of the cable is connected to the display module, the other end of the cable is connected to a circuit board inside the base, when the merchandise is removed without authorization and separated from the display module, the cable can transmit the safety signal to a warning device inside the base, and the warning device (such as a buzzer) receives the safety signal to give an alarm.

Other embodiments in this example are the same as example 1.

While the preferred embodiments of the present application have been described in the foregoing description of the embodiments, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the application.

Claims

1. A commodity safety device adopting contact PIN power supply is characterized by comprising

the base is operable to support the merchandise and/or the display assembly, the base includes a first charging interface including a second electrical contact PIN, the base, display assembly, first charging interface and second electrical contact PIN are configured such that upon engagement of the display assembly and the base, the first charging interface is operable to automatically move the second electrical contact PIN from a non-aligned orientation to an aligned orientation to align with and provide electrical communication with the first electrical contact PIN in response to magnetic attraction of a first magnetic member;

2. The contact PIN powered merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the second electrical contact PIN is configured to be resilient.

3. The contact PIN powered merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the first charging interface is movable within the confines of the base.

4. The contact PIN powered merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the first charging interface comprises a second magnetically attractive member configured to attract the first magnetically attractive member.

5. The merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the first electrical contact PIN is configured to draw power from the base for powering the display assembly and/or the merchandise.

6. The contact PIN powered merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the display member and the base are configured to communicate via wireless signals to communicate security signals.

7. A contact PIN powered merchandise security device according to claim 1, wherein the display member and/or base comprises an alert means configured to issue a security signal or alarm in response to a merchandise security event.

8. The merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the display assembly comprises a battery.

9. The contact PIN powered merchandise security device of claim 1, wherein the base is configured to be connected to a remote power source for obtaining operating power.

10. The contact PIN powered merchandise security device of claim 7, including a first communication interface for said alarm means to disarm in response to an alarm disarm signal.