Anti-theft security case

Details Anti-theft security case Anti-theft security case

1999-05-10

2001-03-20

Barrett, Suzanne Dino (Department: 3627)

Locks

Special application

For antitheft signaling device on protected article

C070S063000, C206S001500, C206S308200

Reexamination Certificate

active

06202454

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to security cases or housings for preventing merchandise (e.g., compact disks, audio tapes, video disks/tapes, cigarettes, toys, data recording media, jewelry, etc.) from being stolen.
2. Prior Art
Retail shops and rental shops of compact disks, cassette tapes, etc. use special holders for displaying the containers of compact disks, cassette tapes, etc.
FIG. 7
shows one of such holders.
This holder is composed of a holder main body
90
, a container receiving member
91
provided at the bottom of the holder main body
90
, and a lock mechanism
92
. The holder main body
90
has an open area
90
a
at the side thereof for receiving and releasing the container. The container receiving member
91
is movable in and out of the holder main body
90
and then becomes immovable when the lock mechanism
92
engages the container receiving member
91
, so that the container cannot be taken out of the holder main body
90
. When, as seen from
FIG. 8
, a magnet
93
having strong attraction power causes a pin
92
a
of the lock mechanism
92
to move downward in
FIG. 8
against the spring force of a spring
92
b
of the lock mechanism
92
, the pin
92
a
is disengaged from the container receiving member
91
, thus allowing the container to be removed from the holder main body
90
.
This type of holder customarily has a theft detection tag (not shown) attached on the inner surface of the rear plate of the holder main body
90
. When one attempts to steal the container in a holder from a shop, the theft detection tag attached to the holder is detected when passing through the detection gate installed at the exit of the shop.
Therefore, before taking the desired recorded medium contained in the container out of the shop, a shop clerk at the counter before the detection gate must first release the lock mechanism
92
of the holder and take the container out of the holder.
However, the holder described above is disadvantaged in that if a person (other than a shop clerk) has a magnet with strong attraction power, this person can easily release the lock mechanism
92
. Thus, thefts cannot be prevented effectively despite the use of the detection gate.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One aspect of the present invention relates to a security system for securing an object. The system includes a housing defining a region for storing the object. The housing includes a wall defining a plurality of through-holes. A locking member is mounted along the wall. The locking member is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. A plurality of retaining members are connected to the locking member for retaining the locking member in the locked position. The retaining members are arranged and configured to resiliently move into the through-holes when the locking member is moved to the locked position. The security system also includes an unlocking tool including unlocking members arranged and configured to fit within the through-holes. The retaining members are displaced from the through-holes by pressing the unlocking members into the through-holes such that the retaining members are pressed out of the through-holes. Either the unlocking members or the retaining members (or both) include ramped surfaces arranged and configured to cause the locking member to move from the locked position toward the unlocked position after the retaining members have been displaced from the through-holes.


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