EP1199012A1 - Dispositif de support pour la vente au détail - Google Patents

Dispositif de support pour la vente au détail Download PDF

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EP1199012A1
EP1199012A1 EP01125005A EP01125005A EP1199012A1 EP 1199012 A1 EP1199012 A1 EP 1199012A1 EP 01125005 A EP01125005 A EP 01125005A EP 01125005 A EP01125005 A EP 01125005A EP 1199012 A1 EP1199012 A1 EP 1199012A1
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locking device
supporting
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supporting member
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Martin Stacey
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Stacey (Europe) Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47F—SPECIAL FURNITURE, FITTINGS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR SHOPS, STOREHOUSES, BARS, RESTAURANTS OR THE LIKE; PAYING COUNTERS
    • A47F5/00—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features
    • A47F5/08—Show stands, hangers, or shelves characterised by their constructional features secured to the wall, ceiling, or the like; Wall-bracket display devices
    • A47F5/0807—Display panels, grids or rods used for suspending merchandise or cards supporting articles; Movable brackets therefor
    • A47F5/0861—Anti-theft means therefor

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  • This invention is concerned with retail supporting devices for use in the supporting and display for sale of articles in retail premises, particularly of the kind, hereinafter referred to as being of the kind specified, comprising a securing member such as a bracket which may be secured to a support surface such as a display cabinet, and from which an elongate support member extends generally horizontally.
  • a securing member such as a bracket which may be secured to a support surface such as a display cabinet, and from which an elongate support member extends generally horizontally.
  • Articles to be displayed on such a conventional device may be wrapped in a clear container, for example a blister pack, provided in an upper region thereof with a slot or aperture which may be located over the support member.
  • a clear container for example a blister pack
  • the article may be displayed at a convenient height-wise level for a customer.
  • a purchaser may slide the article from the support member and take it to a counter, to complete a purchasing operation.
  • a plurality of articles may be mounted thereon, and when one is removed, the next in line will be displayed for purchase.
  • a restraint may be provided, conventionally in the form of a flap which hangs from the end of the support member, adopting in use a position extending at right angles to the length of the supporting member, which in such a position restrains movement of an article from the support member, but which may be lifted easily to a horizontal position in which the article may be removed from the device.
  • a loop portion joining said arms is inclined slightly upwardly.
  • Such retail supporting devices are in widespread use, and are utilised to display for sale packs of articles such as batteries, sweets, etc.
  • a supporting device of the kind specified comprising locking means to prevent an article displayed thereon being removed.
  • the locking device is mounted on a free end portion of the support member, ie. remote from the securing member, and may conveniently be provided in place of the conventional "flap".
  • the supporting member comprises parallel arms preferably these are interconnected at end portions remote from the securing member by a loop which may be engaged with the locking device to prevent removal of the locking device from the supporting member.
  • the supporting device comprises a key to permit the locking device to be removed from the supporting member, and to permit an article displayed thereon to be removed, and/or to permit a fresh supply of articles to be mounted thereon.
  • the locking device comprises a body part mounted for relative movement between open an position, in which the locking device may be removed from the supporting member, and a closed position in which the locking device is retained captive with the supporting member.
  • the locking device may be fitted onto the supporting member by a bayonet-type fitting
  • the locking device may comprise a bolt having engagement formations which may be moved into locking engagement with complimentary formations on the body part, and the key may be operative to twist the engagement formations into such locking engagement.
  • a key for such a locking device may comprise engagement formations which may be moved into engagement with complimentary formations on the locking device in order to twist the bolt in the locking device to enable the locking device to be opened.
  • articles of relatively high value may be displayed on a supporting device in an otherwise conventional manner to permit convenient display of articles for sale.
  • the existence of the locking device in accordance with the invention prevents the occurrence of opportunistic theft.
  • the retail supporting device which is the first embodiment of this invention comprises a securing member in the form of a bracket 6 which may in conventional manner be secured in any convenient location, such as on a display cabinet, wall, counter or the like, the device comprising a supporting member comprising parallel supporting arms 10 a , 10 b extending when the device is located in its normal position generally horizontally, as shown in Figure 1, connected together by a curved end portion 10 c .
  • a locking device 12 Releasably secured to the end portion of the supporting member remote from the securing member 6 is a locking device 12, comprising first and second body parts 14, 16 mounted for relative movement about a live hinge 18 between open positions, shown in Figure 3, and closed positions, shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the first body part 14 is provided on its underside with a recess 30, two apertures 32 a , 32 b extending through an end wall of the body part into the aperture 30. Extending through an outer face of the body part is an aperture 34, and surrounding the aperture on the interior side is a circular boss 36. On the exterior side the boss 36 provides a circular shoulder 38.
  • the second body part 16 is provided on its interior surface with three resilient locking formations 40 a , 40 b and 40 c , provided with outwardly-facing hooked portions 42, so arranged that when the second body part 16 is moved about the hinge 18 towards and into engagement with the first body part 14, the chamfered outer faces of the hooked portions 42 engage with the interior surface of the boss 36, resiliently deforming the locking formations towards one another, as the locking formations pass through the centre of the boss.
  • an abutment 50 which may conveniently be provided on an inclined outwardly-facing surface 52 thereof with a logo, descriptive text or price.
  • a part-circular recess 54 Provided on the underside of a supporting web of the abutment 50 is a part-circular recess 54 (see Figure 2).
  • the first body part 14 may be located over the end portion of the support member 10, with the curved part 10 c of the support member extending around the boss 32, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3b.
  • the second body part 16 may then be moved to its closed position, shown in Figure 2, in which the locking device is securely fastened to the end portion of the support member, with the support member extending partially around the boss 36, and being located by the recess 54 provided in the underside of the second body part 16.
  • the height of the abutment 52 is greater than the depth of the slot 5 provided in the article 4 to be displayed for sale, to prevent the article from being removed from the supporting device when the locking device is securely affixed to the supporting member, as shown in Figure 1.
  • a key 60 comprising a hand grip portion 62 and an operative portion 64, may be utilised to release the locking formation to permit the locking device to be removed from the supporting member.
  • the operative portion 64 is conveniently generally cylindrical, comprising a chamfered circumferential surface 66 which may be inserted into the boss 36 from the exterior side thereof, to engage with the chamfered faces 42 of the locking formations 40, resiliently to deform the locking formations to enable them to be retracted from the first body part 14, and the body parts moved relative to one another into their open positions. In these positions the locking device may readily be removed from the supporting member, and items for sale may be mounted or removed from the supporting device.
  • articles of relatively high value may be displayed on the supporting device in an otherwise conventional manner to permit convenient display of articles for sale.
  • a recess 34 a in an end face of which three rectangular apertures 38 a , 38 b and 38 c are provided. These apertures 38, in conjunction with the floor of the recess 34 a , provide shoulders with which the locking formations 40 a , 40 b and 40 c may be engaged, to retain the locking device in its closed position.
  • Figures 6 a , 6 b and 6 c show a key 60 a for unlocking the locking device, comprising a hand grip portion 62 a from which three fingers 64 a , 64 b and 64 c extend in a generally axial direction, so constructed that when the key is moved into the recess 38 a ( Figure 5) the fingers 64 engage the chamfered end portions of the hooked portions 42, camming them away from the shoulders, and allowing the locking device to be opened.
  • the retail supporting device which is the second embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure 7, and is generally similar to the previous embodiment except for the features which will now be described.
  • the retail supporting device comprises a locking device 70 which has two circular plates 72, 74 which define apertures 76, 78 in the locking device and engaging formations 80, 82 in the apertures.
  • the engaging formations 80, 82 are shaped to enable a correspondingly shaped head of a bolt 88 to be located in the aperture, shown in Figure 8.
  • the engaging formations 80 in the first plate 72 are off-set at 90° from the engaging formations 82 in the second plate 74.
  • the bolt 88 may be passed through the first plate 72, and through the second plate 74.
  • the bolt 88 is then twisted through 90° to secure the two portions 71, 73 of the supporting device 70 together.
  • the detail of the various formations on the bolt which provide a bayonet-type fitting are shown in Figure 8.
  • the bolt 88 has a head 90 and an engaging tip 92, separated by a shaft 94.
  • Engaging formations 96, formed on the tip 92 project outwardly from the shaft 94.
  • the engagement formations are positioned opposite each other so that the effective diameter of the tip 92 is much wider over the part of its circumference.
  • the secured locking device is shown in Figure 9.
  • the first body portion 71 has a recess 102 into which the head of the bolt 88 fits.
  • a cover plate 104 may be fitted over the base of the locking device 88 into a recess formed in the second body part 73 to prevent tampering with the base of the locking device.

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GB0025844A GB2368182B (en) 2000-10-20 2000-10-20 Retail supporting device
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US6659291B2 (en) 1999-11-03 2003-12-09 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Security device for preventing rapid removal of merchandise
US7131542B2 (en) 2002-03-18 2006-11-07 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Lockable merchandise display hook
US7178678B2 (en) 2003-08-06 2007-02-20 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Merchandise display hook
US20150152670A1 (en) * 2013-12-02 2015-06-04 Fasteners For Retail, Inc. Hook lock for securing merchandise on product display hooks
US9289080B1 (en) * 2014-05-13 2016-03-22 Hamid Mchatet Rail assembly lock

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US5275027A (en) * 1992-06-16 1994-01-04 Santa Cruz Industries Security device for merchandise display hooks
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US5689978A (en) * 1995-07-24 1997-11-25 Santa Cruz Industries Security lock for merchandise display hooks
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US5027622A (en) * 1990-07-05 1991-07-02 Hatch J Mel Locking device for rods extending from merchandizing displays
US5275027A (en) * 1992-06-16 1994-01-04 Santa Cruz Industries Security device for merchandise display hooks
FR2795294A1 (fr) * 1999-06-24 2000-12-29 Laperche Sa Dispositif de support et de presentation d'objets dans des points de vente

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US6659291B2 (en) 1999-11-03 2003-12-09 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Security device for preventing rapid removal of merchandise
US7007810B2 (en) 1999-11-03 2006-03-07 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Security device for preventing rapid removal of merchandise
US7131542B2 (en) 2002-03-18 2006-11-07 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Lockable merchandise display hook
US7178678B2 (en) 2003-08-06 2007-02-20 Alpha Security Products, Inc. Merchandise display hook
US7708153B2 (en) 2003-08-06 2010-05-04 Invue Security Products Inc. Merchandise display hook
US20150152670A1 (en) * 2013-12-02 2015-06-04 Fasteners For Retail, Inc. Hook lock for securing merchandise on product display hooks
US9289080B1 (en) * 2014-05-13 2016-03-22 Hamid Mchatet Rail assembly lock

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