US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on March 25 for "Non-obtrusive anti-theft device for securing merchandise against theft" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,792, issued on March 25, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Non-obtrusive anti-theft device for securing merchandise against theft" was invented by Christopher A. Kelsch (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Wade Zhu (Land O' Lakes, Fla.) and Lee Eckert (Sarasota, 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 includes two mating bracket members. Each bracket member includes a lip configured to engage a front surface of the merchandise and a back surface configured to engage the rear surface of the m...