Retail merchandise display device with security shield
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current retail merchandise display devices with peg hooks lack effective anti-theft measures that do not require a one-to-one relationship between anti-theft devices and products or peg hooks, making it difficult to prevent theft of high-value, small-sized items like disposable razor refills and cosmetics.
Innovation Solution
A retail merchandise display device featuring a pivotable shield with an alarm system that detects transitions between accessible and inaccessible positions, producing alarm signals upon unauthorized access, and optionally includes a remote alarm device for enhanced security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a one-to-one relationship between anti-theft devices and products or peg hooks is implemented, then theft prevention effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple anti-theft functions into a single centralized alarm device. Instead of having separate anti-theft devices on each product or peg hook, the invention uses one alarm device with a shield that can detect unauthorized access to multiple products simultaneously, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining theft prevention effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The alarm device is designed to serve multiple products through a single device. The shield can be positioned to protect multiple peg hooks or product areas, and the alarm device detects shield movement regardless of which specific product is being accessed, providing universal anti-theft protection across multiple products without requiring product-specific devices
2Reliability
If individual anti-theft devices are placed on each product or peg hook, then theft deterrence is improved, but ease of operation and installation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges the function of multiple individual anti-theft devices into a single centralized system. The alarm device is installed once at a central location, and the shield protects multiple products simultaneously, making installation significantly easier compared to attaching devices to each individual product or peg hook
3Ease of operation
If a shield is made pivotable to allow access, then ease of operation is improved, but security reliability may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The shield is designed to be pivotable rather than fixed, allowing it to move between a closed position that blocks access and an open position that allows customers to retrieve products. The alarm device detects when the shield is moved from the closed to open position, maintaining security reliability while improving ease of operation compared to fixed shields
Data Source
AI summary
A retail merchandise display device with security shield includes a pair of opposed side supports. One or more peg hooks may be mounted between the pair of side supports within a retail merchandise containment region. A movable shield is positioned over an opening to the retail merchandise containment region. Movement of the shield from a lowed position to a raised position and/or from a raised position to a lowered position is detected by an alarm device of the display, which in turn is configured to produce an alarm signal.