Apple has been granted a patent (US 11913597 B2) for a “Product-display System” for its retail shops.
Concerning the patent
The patent relates typically to product-display methods. Extra notably, the embodiments relate to product-display methods for displaying and securing retail merchandise.
Within the patent Apple says {that a} retailer or different particular person might need to make a product obtainable for testing) by a possible purchaser. In some instances, the retailer might additional need to restrict the potential purchaser’s means to take away the product from a show space. Apple’s patent entails a system to accommodate each eventualities.
Abstract of the patent
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent: “A product-display system for displaying and securing a retail product. The system might embody a retainer having a retainer bracket and a retainer physique coupled to the retainer bracket. A retaining cable could also be coupled to the retainer physique at a gap within the retainer physique. A fastener that could be unfastened to launch the product from the retainer might solely be accessed by the opening of the retainer physique such that when the retaining cable is coupled to the opening, no fasteners of the retainer could also be seen or accessible.
“The system may additionally embody a show stem for holding the retainer and product. The show stem might embody a recess for receiving not less than a portion of the retainer physique. The retaining cable might lengthen by the show stem and will concurrently transmit energy and knowledge to a displayed product. The retainer could also be returned to and held on prime of the show stem utilizing a retaining cable. The retainer could also be oriented on prime of the show stem in a number of predetermined positions by the usage of magnetic forces.”
