Product Securement and Management System

摘要

A merchandising system that improves the merchandising of product by limiting the number and the frequency with which product can be removed from, for example, a merchandising shelf. The merchandising system may include a base configured to support product and a housing configured to engage the base. The housing may comprise a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front retaining wall mounted to the base at an angle. The system may further include a spring-urged pusher movably mounted on the base. The system may further include an opening defined by the first side wall and the front retaining wall through which product may be removed. The system may also include the use of over-the-air power to power any of the shelf components.

主权项

1. A security shelf system comprising:
a display system including a front retaining wall mounted on a shelf and extending upward from the shelf; a movable barrier mounted to the system above the front retaining wall, the movable barrier extending from a mounting above the front retaining wall downward towards the shelf, wherein the barrier is configured to be movable from a closed position that inhibits access to product on the shelf to an open position that permits limited access to product on the shelf, wherein the barrier is configured to permit removal of product from the shelf over the front retaining wall and wherein the movable barrier is configured to overlap at least a portion of the front retaining wall when the movable barrier is in a closed position that inhibits access to the product on the shelf; a camera and monitor placed in the vicinity of the display system and wherein the monitor is configured to switch from displaying an advertisement to displaying images from the camera; and a wireless power source for powering either the camera or monitor, wherein the wireless power source includes an electromagnetic source resonator and an electromagnetic receiving resonator, wherein the electromagnetic source resonator receives energy from an external power supply and then generates an electromagnetic oscillating field, and wherein the electromagnetic source resonator transfers electromagnetic energy wirelessly from the generated oscillating field to the electromagnetic receiving resonator, wherein the electromagnetic receiving resonator is positioned at a distance away from the electromagnetic source resonator, wherein the wirelessly transferred electromagnetic energy excites the electromagnetic receiving resonator and causes energy to build up in the electromagnetic receiving resonator, and wherein the built up energy is transferred out as a power supply to power the camera or monitor placed in the vicinity of the display shelf.