Merchandise security display bag
View Patent ↗A security bag for displaying items of merchandise includes a mesh bag formed of metal wire providing an internal storage chamber. A two-piece member locking device is attached to an open end of the bag. A magnetically attachable locking tine is mounted in one of the members and engages a locking projection on the second member which is slidably received into the first member to lock the bag in a closed position protecting the stored merchandise from theft. An EAS tag is secured within one of the locking members. A magnetic key moves the locking tine to an unlocked position when placed adjacent the locking tine enabling the two locking members to be separated into an unlocked position and the bag open end spread apart for removing items therefrom.
1. A security bag for displaying items of merchandise comprising:
a flexible mesh bag formed of metal wire having a top opening providing access to an interior storage chamber for receiving an item of merchandise; and
a locking device for securing the top opening in a closed locked position, said locking device including first and second locking members, each connected to a portion of the top opening of the bag and lockingly engageable with each other, said first locking member having a magnetically attractable locking member engageable with a locking tab formed on the second locking member to lock said members in the closed locked position, and wherein the second locking member is slidably received within a locking chamber of the first locking member when the first and second locking members are locked together in the closed locked position.
2. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein the first and second locking members are formed of plastic.
3. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein the metal wire of the mesh bag is coated with plastic.
4. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein a peripheral edge of the top opening of the bag is defined by a plurality of closed loops of the wire mesh; and in which approximately one-half of the closed loops are trapped in slots formed in a respective one of each of the first and second locking members.
5. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein an EAS tag is located in one of the locking members.
6. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein the first locking member includes a housing and a covered plate secured to said housing enclosing the locking chamber; in which the locking member is located within a recess formed in the housing and has a locking tine which extends into the locking chamber; and in which a rib is formed on the cover plate and clamps the locking member within the housing recess.
7. The security bag defined in claim 6 wherein the locking tab has a first surface for temporarily retracting the locking tine toward an unlocked position when the second locking member is received within the locking chamber and a second surface which engages the locking tine to secure the second member in the locked position with the first member.
8. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein the locking member is an elongated strip of metal having at least one elongated locking tine extending outwardly therefrom; and in which the locking tab has a surface which engages an elongated edge of the locking tine when the first and second members are in the locked position.
9. The security bag defined in claim 1 wherein the second locking member is a two-piece member including an outer housing and a cover; and in which aligned slots are formed in the outer housing and cover and receive closed loop ends of the mesh bag therein for securing the second locking member to a peripheral portion of the top opening of the mesh bag.
10. A security bag for displaying items of merchandise comprising:
a flexible bag having an access opening for inserting and removing an item into and from a storage chamber formed within the bag, said bag being formed of a cut resistant material and having at least one open area for viewing the item within the storage chamber; and
a pair of locking members for securing the bag opening in a closed locked position, each of the locking members being formed of a rigid plastic material and secured to the bag adjacent the opening, said locking members being moveable between locked and unlocked positions with respect to each other, one of said locking members containing a magnetically attractable locking element for engaging a locking tab on the other of said locking members to secure said locking members in the locked position.
11. The security bag defined in claim 10 wherein the bag is formed of wire mesh having a peripheral edge defining the access opening; in which the peripheral edge is formed by a plurality of closed loops of the wire mesh; and in which approximately one-half of the closed loops are secured to a respective one of each of the pair of locking members.
12. The security bag defined in claim 10 wherein each of the locking members is a two-piece member including a housing and cover plate forming an internal chamber; and in which the locking element is located in one of the chambers and the locking tab is located in the other of said chambers.
13. The security bag defined in claim 12 wherein an EAS tag is located in one of the housing chambers.
14. The security bag defined in claim 10 wherein the pair of locking members have an elongated shape with a length approximately four times the width.
15. The security bag defined in claim 11 wherein the wire mesh is covered with a plastic.
16. The security bag defined in claim 10 wherein the locking element is a one-piece metal strip having at least one metal tine formed therein extending in an outwardly angled direction and terminating in a distal end.
17. The security bag defined in claim 16 wherein the metal tine has an elongated edge at least twice the length of the distal end; and in which the elongated edge engages the locking tab when securing the locking member in the locked position.
18. The security bag defined in claim 10 in combination with a key, said key containing a pair of spaced magnets adapted to align with a pair of spring biased locking tines formed on the locking element to move said locking tines from a locked position to an unlocked position.
19. The security bag defined in claim 10 wherein one of the locking members is slidably received within a locking chamber formed in the other of said locking members for lockably engaging the locking element with the locking tab.
20. A security bag for displaying items of merchandise comprising:
a flexible metal mesh bag having a top opening providing access to an interior storage chamber for receiving an item of merchandise; and
a locking device for securing the top opening in a closed locked position, said locking device including first and second locking members, each connected to a portion of the top opening of the bag, said first locking member having a magnetically attractable locking member, wherein the second locking member is slidably received within a locking chamber of the first locking member when the first and second locking members are locked together in the closed locked position, and wherein the magnetically attractable locking member engages a locking tab formed on the second locking member when in the closed locked position.