IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,659,943
Granted Patent B2
US 11,659,943 · App. 17/192,487 · Granted May 30, 2023

Product securement and management system

Inventor: Stephen N. Hardy (Wadsworth, OH)
Assignee: RTC Industries, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,659,943
App. No.
17/192,487
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of providing a merchandising system that includes a base supporting a product, configuring a housing to engage the base, wherein the base comprises a top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall, configuring a rotatable door assembly to slidably engage the housing and the base, wherein the rotatable door assembly is configured with a door to hold the product, wherein the door is configured to move from a closed position to an open position, connecting a door spacer to the door and configuring the door spacer bar to rotate away from a front of the door, and mounting a locking assembly to the base.

Claims (22)

1. A method comprising:

providing a merchandising system including a base supporting a product; configuring a housing to engage the base, wherein the base comprises a top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall; configuring a rotatable door assembly to slidably engage the housing and the base, wherein the rotatable door assembly is configured with a door to hold the product, wherein the door is configured to move from a closed position to an open position; connecting a door spacer to the door and configuring the door spacer bar to rotate away from a front of the door; and mounting a locking assembly to the base, wherein the locking assembly includes a rotatable locking bar; configuring the locking bar to move from an extended position and an unextended position, wherein when the locking bar is in the extended position, the locking bar is configured to lock the door assembly.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming the locking bar of metal.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising forming the locking bar of plastic.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising mounting a spring-urged pusher on the base.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising locking the spring-urged pusher with the locking bar locks.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the door spacer bar further includes an attached end and a locking end, configuring the attached end to connect to the door, and configuring the locking end to rotate away from the door.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising configuring the locking end to lock in place in one of a plurality of door spacer bar teeth.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising configuring the plurality of door spacer bar teeth to lock the locking end of the door spacer bar at a depth of the product.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the door spacer bar further includes a door spacer bar locking tab and configuring the door spacer bar locking tab to lock in a top of the door spacer bar.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising configuring the door spacer bar locking tab to slide from an unlocked position to a locked position.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising configuring the locking tab to lock the attached end of the door spacer bar.

12. A method comprising:

providing a merchandising system including a base supporting a product; configuring a housing to engage the base; configuring a rotatable door assembly to slidably engage the housing and the base, wherein the rotatable door assembly is configured with a door to hold the product, wherein the door is configured to move from a closed position to an open position; connecting a door spacer to the door and configuring the door spacer bar to rotate away from a front of the door; movably mounting a spring-urged pusher; and mounting a locking assembly to the base, wherein the locking assembly includes a rotatable locking bar; configuring the locking bar to move from an extended position and an unextended position, wherein when the locking bar is in the extended position, the locking bar is configured to lock the door assembly and the spring-urged pusher.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising forming the locking bar of metal.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising forming the locking bar of plastic.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the locking assembly further comprises a locking latch configured to engage the locking bar when the locking bar is in the extended position.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising forming the locking latch of metal.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising forming the locking latch of plastic.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein the locking assembly further comprises a ratchet shaft that located in a slot on the base, and extending the slot longitudinally along the length of the base.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising forming the ratchet shaft of metal.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising forming the ratchet shaft of plastic.

Continuity (19)
Continuation 16876543 · May 18, 2020
Continuation 16383118 · Apr 12, 2019
Continuation 16105662 · Aug 20, 2018
Continuation 15637941 · Jun 29, 2017
Continuation 15070811 · Mar 15, 2016
Continuation 14188359 · Feb 24, 2014
Continuation 13858574 · Apr 8, 2013
Continuation 13544363 · Jul 9, 2012
Continuation 13230362 · Sep 12, 2011
Continuation In Part 12872721 · Aug 31, 2010
Continuation In Part 12496389 · Jul 1, 2009
Continuation In Part 11858545 · Sep 20, 2007
Continuation In Part 11685530 · Mar 13, 2007
Continuation In Part 11612210 · Dec 18, 2006
Continuation 11140023 · May 27, 2005
Continuation In Part 11047915 · Feb 1, 2005
Provisional Application 60782000 · Mar 13, 2006
Provisional Application 60541804 · Feb 3, 2004
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