ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,767, issued on July 28, was assigned to InVue Security Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Wearables security device" was invented by Elliott Jernigan (Indian Trail, N.C.), Justin A. Richardson (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Joshua Abdollahzadeh (Denver, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A merchandise display security device for displaying and protecting a wearable device from theft is provided. In one example, the wearable device includes a body and a band secured thereto. The merchandise security device includes a sensor configured to be coupled to the wearable device, wherein the sensor comprises a tray sensor configured to electrically conne...