US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on April 1 for "Merchandise anti-theft device with a quick-release mechanism" (Florida, Arizona, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,509, issued on April 1, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Merchandise anti-theft device with a quick-release mechanism" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Jasen Paul Biggins (Garner, N.C.), Lee Eckert (Sarasota, Fla.), John N. Figh Jr. (Oldsmar, Fla.), Matthew Kuntz (Tucson, Ariz.) and Wade Zhu (Westchase, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device for securing an article of merchandise against unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device comprises a latch plate and a quick-release interface. The latch plate is configured to selectively couple to...