US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on July 15 for "Anti-theft device with electromechanically retractable locking arms" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,473, issued on July 15, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Anti-theft device with electromechanically retractable locking arms" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Wade Zhu (Land O'Lakes, Fla.), William Claude Chazotte (Brooksville, Fla.), Douglas Barthold (Oldsmar, Fla.) and Brett Lyles (Lithia, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-theft device for securing merchandise 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 the stand. The arms terminate with inwardly facing gr...