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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Invue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Jonathon D. Phillips, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Antonios L Karagiannis, Charlotte, NC (US);
Mark D. Reeves, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Matthew Thomas Kerley, Fort Mill, SC (US);
John A. Buchanan, Indian Land, SC (US);
Daniel C. Symons, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Darin J. Shaw, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Joshua Abdollahzadeh, Denver, NC (US);
Scott M. Speck, Indian Trail, NC (US);
Erik L. van Bergen, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Larry T. McKinney, Huntersville, NC (US);
InVue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An anti-theft device for protecting a portable electronic device from theft or unauthorized removal in a retail environment is provided. The anti-theft device includes a shroud configured to at least partially receive and engage a portable electronic device. The anti-theft device also includes a dock configured to releasably engage the shroud. The dock is configured to engage the shroud in a locked configuration so as to prevent removal of the shroud and the portable electronic device from the dock and to disengage the shroud in an unlocked configuration so as to allow the shroud and the portable electronic device to be removed from the dock.