ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,762, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Recoiler for a merchandise security system" was invented by David N. Berglund (Indian Trail, N.C.), Kyle Baker (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Robert Bisesti (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention are directed to recoilers, merchandise security systems, and methods for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise from theft. In one example, the merchandise security system includes a sensor configured to be secured to the article of merchandise and a base for removably supporting the sensor and the item of m...