US 11,771,241 B2
Sensor and lockout for anti-sweep hook
Gregory M. Bird, Solon, OH (US); Shane Obitts, Elyria, OH (US); and Gerald Matthew Szpak, Brecksville, OH (US)
Assigned to Fasteners for Retail, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed by Fasteners for Retail, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/449,178.
Application 15/912,114 is a division of application No. 14/508,413, filed on Oct. 7, 2014, abandoned.
Application 17/449,178 is a continuation of application No. 15/912,114, filed on Mar. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,154,144.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/888,257, filed on Oct. 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071413 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A47F 5/08 (2006.01); A47F 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 5/0861 (2013.01) [A47F 1/128 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A merchandise dispensing system comprising:
a first dispenser including a first dispensing member operable to dispense a first dispensing item and a first lockout device configured to generate a first dispensing signal when the first dispensing item is dispensed; and
a second dispenser including a second dispensing member operable to dispense a second dispensing item and a second lockout device in electrical communication with the first lockout device and configured to receive the first dispensing signal from the first lockout device and to selectively lock the second dispensing member to prevent dispensing of the second dispensing item based on the first dispensing signal.