Patent ID: 9131786
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A47F,A47G,E05B

Abstract:
1. An anti-theft display assembly comprising: an article mount comprising an elongate member mounted relative to a support and having a peripheral surface extending along a length of the elongate member and a free end, the elongate member having a display length between the free end and a second location, the article mount further comprising a blocking assembly, the blocking assembly comprising at least one component movable selectively to thereby change the blocking assembly between a loading state and a blocking state; and first and second article hangers, the first and second article hangers and article mount configured to cooperate so that: a) each of the first and second hangers in a display state is slidable guidingly along the peripheral surface over the display length; b) each of the first and second hangers in the display state is individually separable from the article mount by movement lengthwise of the elongate member in one direction up to the at least one component with the blocking assembly in the blocking state and against the at least one component as an incident of which the at least one component is moved to thereby change the blocking assembly into the loading state in which the first and second hangers are individually allowed to move past the at least one component up to and past the free end of the elongate member; and c) movement of the first and second hangers in the display state together in a first relationship in the one direction up to and against the at least one component with the blocking assembly in the blocking state causes one of the first and second hangers to block movement of the at least one component to thereby preclude: i) changing of the blocking assembly from the blocking state into the loading state; and ii) movement of the first and second hangers in the first relationship in the one direction up to and past the free end of the elongate member, wherein a recess is formed in the elongate member and the at least one component resides within the recess, wherein the at least one component moves relative to the elongate member and the at least one component has spaced arms and is movable between: a) a first position where one of the arms projects radially outwardly from the peripheral surface and the blocking assembly is in the blocking state; and b) a second position wherein the other of the arms projects radially outwardly from the peripheral surface and the blocking assembly is in the loading state.