Patent ID: 8286454
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A47F,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A reversible locking device for merchandise display hooks comprising: an upper rod defining a longitudinal axis; a lower rod spaced apart from the upper rod and defining a longitudinal axis generally parallel to the longitudinal axis defined by the upper rod; a housing defining an elongate first slot for receiving the upper rod and the lower rod therein, the first slot being fixed relative to the housing; a nose depending from the housing in the direction of the longitudinal axis defined by the upper rod, the nose receiving the upper rod therein; and a lock movable between a locked position for locking the housing on the upper rod and the lower rod and an unlocked position for removing the housing from at least one of the upper rod and the lower rod; wherein the housing is reversible relative to the upper rod and the lower rod so that the nose depends from the housing in a first direction for use on a first merchandise display hook and depends from the housing in a second direction opposite to the first direction for use on a second merchandise display hook.