US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on June 3 for "Merchandise anti-theft apparatus with adjustable locking arms" (American, Ukrainian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,164, issued on June 3, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Merchandise anti-theft apparatus with adjustable locking arms" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), John N. Figh Jr. (Tampa, Fla.), Matthew Kuntz (Phoenix), Lucas P. Swartwood (Los Gatos, Calif.), Wade Zhu (Land O' Lakes, Fla.), Volodymyr Andreev (Lviv, Ukraine), Peter D. Lezzi (Coral Springs, Fla.), Andriy Los (Lviv, Ukraine) 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 unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device i...