Patent ID: 6182840
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: A47F

Abstract:
Device (1) for the secure display of a number of articles (2) placed above one another, comprising; a support (3) provided with a number of first projections (5) rigidly attached thereto and an equal number of second projections (4) arranged such that they are movable with respect to said first projections, associated first and second projections defining, in a position in which they are brought together, retainers for accommodating said articles to be displayed, with the second projections arranged above the first projections, said movable second projections being connected to one another via an operating rod (6, 11) which is linked to motor means (15) in order to drive said second projections away from said first projections in order to release the retainers, wherein the movement of the operating rod is decoupled from the movement of the motor means when said first and second projections move towards one another if a predetermined force on said operating rod is exceeded to thereby prevent injury to users of the device.