Tether cord and sensor alarms

US8081075B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CHECKPOINT SYSTEMS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Julia Irmscher · Zwingenberg, DE
• Michael Rapp · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 1, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 20, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09F27/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods, systems and other embodiments associated with protecting merchandise items are presented. A method of protecting merchandise items includes displaying a plurality of merchandise items at a consumer display so that the merchandise items can be handled by a consumer. Each merchandise item is connected to the consumer display with a corresponding tether. A first alarm is generated when one of the consumer items is removed from one of the corresponding tethers. A second alarm is generated that is different than the first alarm when one of the tethers is severed.