Coiled cable display device

US7724135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Michael Rapp · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Rainer Brenner · Teningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2008
• Grant date: May 25, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T24/42
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for displaying an item includes a display shelf having an aperture through it and a thin tether having a first end and a second end that extends through the aperture. The first end of the tether is secured to a mount above a top side of said display shelf and the second end of said tether is secured adjacent to a bottom side of the displays shelf. The first end of the tether has a mount for connection of tether to the item, above the shelf. The system further includes a coiled cable coiled around the tether extending through the aperture. The coiled cable provides an electrical path to the item. The coiled cable has a first end and a second end. The first end is secured adjacent to the mount and the second end securely terminates below the bottom unexposed side of said display shelf.