US 11,994,250 B2
Gang charger, shroud, and dock for portable electronic devices
Jonathon D. Phillips, Fort Mill, SC (US); Antonios L Karagiannis, Charlotte, NC (US); Mark D. Reeves, Fort Mill, SC (US); Matthew Thomas Kerley, Fort Mill, SC (US); John A. Buchanan, Indian Land, SC (US); Daniel C. Symons, Waxhaw, NC (US); Darin J. Shaw, Waxhaw, NC (US); Joshua Abdollahzadeh, Denver, NC (US); Scott M. Speck, Indian Trail, NC (US); Erik L. van Bergen, Waxhaw, NC (US); and Larry T. McKinney, Huntersville, NC (US)
Assigned to InVue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by InVue Security Products Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/591,303.
Application 17/591,303 is a continuation of application No. 15/829,332, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/829,332 is a continuation of application No. 15/510,929, granted, now 9,845,912, issued on Dec. 19, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2016/054412, filed on Sep. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/278,786, filed on Jan. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/234,730, filed on Sep. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0154874 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. F16M 11/04 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/87 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); H02B 1/01 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 11/04 (2013.01) [E05B 47/00 (2013.01); E05B 65/00 (2013.01); E05B 73/0082 (2013.01); F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 11/10 (2013.01); F16M 11/2014 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2013.01); G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); G06F 1/1635 (2013.01); G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/87 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G08B 13/14 (2013.01); G08B 13/149 (2013.01); H02B 1/01 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H05K 5/02 (2013.01); H05K 5/03 (2013.01); H05K 7/18 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-theft device for securing a portable electronic device from unauthorized removal or theft, the anti-theft device comprising:
a shroud configured to at least partially receive and engage a portable electronic device;
a mobile payment interface configured to releasably and electrically engage with a mobile payment device and communicate with the portable electronic device, wherein the mobile payment device is configured to be engaged with and removed from the mobile payment interface, and wherein the mobile payment interface comprises one or more electrical contacts for electrically connecting to the mobile payment device when in engagement therewith; and
a dock configured to releasably and electrically engage the shroud, wherein the shroud is configured to be engaged with and removed from the dock, wherein each of the shroud and the dock comprises an electrical connector configured to engage with one another when the shroud is engaged with the dock, and wherein the dock is configured to communicate power and data signals with both the portable electronic device and the mobile payment device in response to engagement of the electrical connector of the shroud with the electrical connector of the dock.