US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on April 1 for "Security device with a quick-release mechanism having an under-the-counter actuation module" (Florida, North Carolina, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,508, issued on April 1, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Security device with a quick-release mechanism having an under-the-counter actuation module" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Douglas Barthold (Oldsmar, Fla.), Joel Jenkins (Wesley Chapel, Fla.), Sarah Johnson (Tampa, Fla.), Christopher K. Nelson (Dunedin, Fla.), Wade Zhu (Land O'Lakes, Fla.), Matthew Kuntz (Phoenix), Lee Eckert (Sarasota, Fla.), John N. Figh Jr. (Tampa, Fla.) and Jasen Paul Biggins (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device for securing an article of merchandise against unauthorize...