Patent ID: 7116226

Claim:
A cash register alarm system comprising: a cash drawer having a back wall and a bottom wall; a tray having a bottom wall and a back wall and being removeably disposed upon said bottom wall of said cash drawer, said tray further having a plurality of partitions spaced apart and forming compartments in said tray; a plurality of sensors disposed in said compartments for detecting the presence of paper money in said compartment; and wherein each said sensor of said plurality of sensors is a light-sensitive detector actuated when said sensor is exposed to light; wherein each said sensor of said plurality of sensors is mounted on said bottom wall of said compartment of said tray such that placement of paper money in said compartment blocks light from reaching said sensor and removal of paper money from the compartment exposes said sensor to light; a plurality of electrical current contact members disposed upon said back wall of said tray and upon said back wall of said cash drawer, said electrical current contact members disposed upon said tray being connected to said sensors with wires, said electrical current contact members disposed upon said cash drawer being connected to the alarm system with wires, each of said electrical current contact members of said tray being in contactable relationship with a respective one of said electrical current contact members of said cash drawer, said sensors being connected to one another in series such that more than one of said sensors would need to be actuated before an electrical impulse would be transmitted to the alarm system, said light-sensitive detectors being interconnected with wires, said electrical current contact members of said tray being disposed on an exterior of said back wall thereof, said electrical current contact members of said cash drawer being disposed on an interior of said back wall thereof, each of said electrical current contact members of said cash drawer being aligned and in contactable relationship with a respective one of said electrical current contact members of said tray so that the alarm system is connected to said sensors.