US Patent Issued to Vanguard Products Group on Sept. 9 for "Anti-theft bracket with a compression gap" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,769, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Vanguard Products Group Inc. (Oldsmar, Fla.).

"Anti-theft bracket with a compression gap" 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 lateral side of the article of merchandise. The bracket members are configured to be independently placed onto the opposite late...