US Patent Issued to InVue Security Products on Oct. 14 for "Merchandise security system with inductive charging" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,280, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Merchandise security system with inductive charging" was invented by 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 security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise and a base configured to removably support the sensor and the item of merchandise thereon. The sensor includes at least one elect...