Patent ID: 8777020

Claim:
A method for operating a lockable eyewear display system comprising: providing a display rod comprising an outer member, an inner member, and a locking plate slidably disposed in the outer member; providing an object display holder that includes a mounting anchor; providing a cam lock and a key that matingly engages a key hole within said cam lock; wherein said cam lock is positioned within a chamber defined within said inner member; wherein said cam lock includes an operating cylinder having a first diameter, the operating cylinder being located at a front portion of the cam lock; and a linkage pin having a second diameter, the linkage pin being located at a rear portion the cam lock and at a generally higher height than the operating cylinder; the first diameter being larger than the second diameter; wherein one end of the linkage pin is inserted within a horizontal slot defined within the locking plate; inserting the key into the cam lock; rotating the key which in turn rotates the linkage pin of the cam lock and causes the linkage pin to slide within the horizontal slot of the locking plate; projecting a locking tongue on the locking plate into a receptacle disposed in the display rod by slidably moving the locking plate in a vertical direction in response to the linkage pin sliding within the horizontal slot of the locking plate; and engaging the locking tongue with the mounting anchor of the object display holder positioned in the receptacle.