Patent ID: 6039496
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: A47F,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for securing a retractor cable to a product in a tethered product display, comprising:a base having a cable guideway opening into a recess for receiving a terminal end fitting of a cable and having a rear mounting surface juxtaposed with respect to said guideway and said recess, anda locking element having a slot affording lateral engagement with said cable adjacent to said terminal end fitting and having a surface operably engagable with said recess surface when said cable is disposed in said cable guideway and tensioned such that said locking element fits within said recess but not through said cable guideway, andmeans on said base for fastening said base mounting surface to said product in an abutting relationship such that said recess is closed by the product and said locking element is blocked from exiting said recess.