US Patent Issued to InVue Security Products on Feb. 10 for "Sensor powered by item of merchandise for retail security" (North Carolina, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,418, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Sensor powered by item of merchandise for retail security" was invented by Jeffrey A. Grant (Charlotte, N.C.), Gary A. Taylor (Fort Mill, S.C.), Jonathon D. Phillips (Fort Mill, S.C.) and David N. Berglund (Indian Trail, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Security systems and methods configured for use with an item of merchandise for retail display are provided. For example, a security system includes a sensor configured to be electrically connected to an internal power source of an item of merchandise and an alarm module configured to communica...