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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Invue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
David N. Berglund, Indian Trail, NC (US);
Erik L. van Bergen, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Christopher J. Fawcett, Charlotte, NC (US);
Jeffrey A. Hendren, Matthews, NC (US);
A. Reneau Van Landingham, Jr., Gastonia, NC (US);
Matthew Thomas Kerley, Fort Mill, SC (US);
InVue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A merchandise display hook and method for dispensing one or more items of merchandise from a merchandise display hook and/or for loading one or more items of merchandise onto the display hook are provided. The display hook may include at least one rod configured to be mounted to a display fixture and to receive one or more items of merchandise thereon. The display hook may also include a helix disposed about the rod and extending at least partially along a length of the rod. The helix is configured to rotate in a dispensing direction for dispensing the one or more items of merchandise from the rod and/or an opposite loading direction for loading the one or more items of merchandise onto the rod.