ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,620, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Fasteners for Retail Inc. (Twinsburg, Ohio).
"Anti-theft retail merchandise hook with radio transmission" was invented by Brent O. Ewing (Roscoe, Ill.) and Chan Chor Man (Tai Po N.T., Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal-emitting retail display device that includes a wire having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion configured to support a label holder, the bottom portion configured to store one or more retail items. The signal-emitting retail display device also has an electronic unit that includes an emitter. The emitter is configured to emit a warning signal, and con...