US Patent Issued to InVue Security Products on June 17 for "Lock mechanisms for merchandise systems" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,555, issued on June 17, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Lock mechanisms for merchandise systems" was invented by Jeffrey A. Grant (Charlotte, N.C.), Kyle Baker (Waxhaw, N.C.), Gary A. Taylor (Fort Mill, S.C.) and David N. Berglund (Indian Trail, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention are directed to merchandise security devices, systems, and methods for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise from theft. In one example, the merchandise security system includes a security device comprising a sensor configured to be secured to the article of merchandise, a c...