ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,878, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Security device" was invented by David N. Berglund (Charlotte, N.C.), Gary A. Taylor (Fort Mill, S.C.), Wesley J. Blanchard (Fort Mill, S.C.), Christopher Helman (Cornelius, N.C.), Daniel C. Symons (Waxhaw, N.C.), John DeFilippi (Charlotte, N.C.) and Jason Amistadi (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security device for securing an item of merchandise from theft is provided. The security device includes a housing configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise and a lock mechanism operably engaged with the housing. The lock me...