ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,112, issued on July 15, was assigned to SENNCO SOLUTIONS INC. (Plainfield, Ill.).
"Theft deterrent system" was invented by Silas Welsh (Plainfield, Ill.), Jennifer Pedersen (Chicago), Ryan G'Fellers (Montgomery, Ill.), Christopher Marszalek (Plainfield, Ill.) and Andy Reynolds (Aurora, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A theft deterrent system for mounting on a retail shelf that includes a receiver to attach to the retail shelf and a plurality of gates positioned along the receiver. Each gate of the plurality of gates is arranged to swing open from the receiver. A plurality of blockers is arranged in a slidable manner along the rec...