Patent ID: 8534469

Claim:
A retail merchandise lock for securing merchandise on a merchandise display hook of a retail display, the retail merchandise lock comprising: a lock body defining a mounting channel for receiving a bar of the merchandise display hook therethrough; a lock bar rotatable coupled to the lock body for rotation about a lock bar axis, the lock bar defining a lock bar aperture configured to receive a second bar of the merchandise display hook therethrough in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to the lock bar axis; a lock arrangement acting between the lock bar and the lock body, the lock arrangement having a locked state in which the lock bar is prevented from rotating about the lock bar axis relative to the lock body, and an unlocked state in which the lock bar is allowed to rotate about the lock bar axis relative to the lock body; and wherein: the lock arrangement includes a lock pin, the lock pin extending across a shear interface formed between the lock body and the lock bar, the lock pin engaging both the lock body and the lock bar in the locked state to prevent rotation of the lock bar relative to the lock body in the locked state; the lock pin not extending across the shear interface and not engaging the lock bar in the unlocked state to allow rotation of the lock bar relative to the lock body in the unlocked state; the lock pin slidable between the locked and unlocked states along a pin axis.