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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Blake M. Johnson, St. Paul, MN (US);

William Donald Splain, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);

David Joseph Floersch, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);

Joseph H. Bowser, Minneapolis, MN (US);

William Y. Stafford, Minnetrista, MN (US);

Assignee:

Target Brands, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); A47B 96/02 (2006.01); A47F 3/00 (2006.01); A47F 7/024 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B 96/02 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49815 (2015.01); A47F 3/002 (2013.01); A47F 7/0246 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of using a security display apparatus for media content products in a retail store is disclosed. The method includes arranging sample media content containers in a side-by-side configuration on a front lip of a security display fixture, wherein each of the sample media content containers is anchored to the security display fixture with a security cable. The method further includes unlocking an access door of the security display fixture, in response to a consumer request, to provide access to an internal space defined by the security display fixture rearward of the sample media content containers, and retrieving one or more non-tethered media content containers from the internal space that are of a same title as one of the sample media content containers positioned immediately in front of the one or more non-tethered media content containers.


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