Patent ID: 7847692

Claim:
A personal article anti-theft system comprising: a base retained on a surface; a hook connected to the base so that it can hang downward; a detection circuit-within the base-and connected to the hook for detecting the presence of an item on the hook; an alarm circuit operatively connected to the detection circuit for determining the removal of an item from the hook when the alarm circuit is in a set condition, and generating an alarm signal in response thereto; and a remote alarm detection circuit receiving the alarm signal at a distance from the base and producing a humanly perceivable indication of the alarm wherein the remote alarm detection circuit is further characterized as a remote security terminal, said terminal comprising: a connection with said alarm circuit; a processor for controlling the operation of the terminal; an input device for inputting information about the intended location of the base in an establishment and an article to be protected at the base; a memory for storing the information input by the input device; an alarm for receiving an alarm signal from said base and providing a perceivable indication of the alarm at the remote security terminal; and a display under the control of the processor, said display displaying information about the location of the base which generated the alarm and the article at that base which was to be protected.