US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on July 15 for "Anti-theft apparatus for retail display of a laptop computer" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,472, issued on July 15, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Anti-theft apparatus for retail display of a laptop computer" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), William Claude Chazotte (Brooksville, Fla.), Wade Zhu (Land O'Lakes, Fla.) and Douglas Barthold (Oldsmar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device for securing a laptop computer or a similar electronic device against theft. The anti-theft device has a stand that mounts onto a display surface. A pair of arms is disposed in a linear sliding relationship relative to a housing affixed to the stand. The arms terminate ...