Patent ID: 9404290
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A47F,E05B

Claim Text:
1. A securable article display comprising: a main base fixedly mounted upon a support with the article display operatively positioned; a first elongate hanger projecting in cantilever fashion from the main base, the first elongate hanger having a length between the main base and a free end, the length of the first elongate hanger extending substantially in a horizontal line with the article display operatively positioned, the first elongate hanger configured so that the free end is directed through a fully surrounded opening in an article or packaging for an article to place the article in a display state suspended from the first elongate hanger; a blocking system comprising a U-shaped component, the U-shaped component having a base portion and spaced first and second legs projecting away from the base portion, the first leg on the U-shaped component having a slot, the U-shaped component movable relative to the main base between: a) a first position wherein a portion of the first elongate hanger resides between the first and second legs and the horizontal line extends through the base portion so that the U-shaped component prevents separation of an article in the display state by movement of the article towards the free end of the first elongate hanger; and b) a second position wherein the portion of the first elongate hanger does not reside between the first and second legs so that an article in the display state can be separated from the first elongate hanger by being moved along the length of the first elongate hanger up to and past the free end of the first elongate hanger, the portion of the first elongate hanger moving through the slot as the U-shaped component is changed between the first and second positions; and a locking system comprising a blocking assembly that is changeable between: a) a locked state wherein the blocking assembly blocks movement of the portion of the first elongate hanger through the slot with the U-shaped component in the first position; and b) an unlocked state wherein the portion of the first elongate hanger is allowed to move through the slot to allow the U-shaped component to move from the first position into the second position, the locking system further comprising an actuator to change the blocking assembly between the locked and unlocked states, the actuator provided on the base portion of the U-shaped component.