Patents by Inventor Albert E. Wolf

Albert E. Wolf has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Article security system
    Patent number: 4831363
    Abstract: A person desiring to check out articles protected by security tags deposits these articles at one end of a check-out aisle. From there, they are transported to the opposite end of the check-out aisle as part of the check-out procedure. The person who deposited the articles is restrained from accompanying these articles all the way through the check-out aisle, but is able to reach its opposite end only via a path which is separate from the check-out aisle itself. That separate path is equipped with an electronic article surveillance system. The same separate path and its associated electronic article surveillance system serve several check-out aisles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert E. Wolf
  • Article security system
    Patent number: 4692747
    Abstract: A person desiring to check out articles protected by security tags deposits these articles at one end of a check-out aisle. From there, they are transported to the opposite end of the check-out aisle as part of the check-out procedure. The person who deposited the articles is restrained from accompanying these articles all the way through the check-out aisle, but is able to reach its opposite end only via a path which is separate from the check-out aisle itself. That separate path is equipped with an electronic article surveillance system. The same separate path and its associated electronic article surveillance system serve several check-out aisles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Albert E. Wolf