Patents by Inventor Bruno Bouan

Bruno Bouan 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).

  • Patent number: 11873666
    Abstract: An anti-theft device comprises a notched strap having a free end and an end rigidly connected to a block, which locks the notched surface of the strap in the closed position when the free end is inserted into an insertion slot provided in the locking block. The anti-theft device further comprises theft detection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Fors France
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Publication number: 20230255366
    Abstract: A system for presentation and sale of self-service items comprises a peg configured to be attached to a vertical wall of a retail display unit. The peg is configured to retain items in packaging having a hole therein for the passage of the peg. The peg comprises a smooth rod with a section less than or equal to the section of the hole over a length of the rod configured to receive the packaging, and a notched free end section. The system further includes spacers formed by rings. Each ring has a lumen of section complementary to that of the rod and greater than the section of the notched free end, and at least one tooth configured to be disengaged by an external actuating mechanism to interact at rest with the notching. Each ring has an outer section greater than the section of the hole in the packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Bruno Bouan, Olivier Metra
  • Publication number: 20210372167
    Abstract: An anti-theft device comprises a notched strap having a free end and an end rigidly connected to a block, which locks the notched surface of the strap in the closed position when the free end is inserted into an insertion slot provided in the locking block. The anti-theft device further comprises theft detection means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Patent number: 11021895
    Abstract: An anti-theft device for an item having a peripheral shoulder, comprising two hinged portions each having a peripheral skirt provided with an edge capable of abutting under the peripheral shoulder, with the portions being hinged relative to a peripheral pivot; magnetically deactivatable locking means, which lock the two hinged portions in the closed position, and a detection means wherein the portions are made up of a stationary shell having a general cylindrical shape, the cross-section of which matches the cross-section of the item to be protected and a movable shell connected by a pivot, the stationary shell having a recess opening laterally to allow the insertion of the movable shell in closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: FORS FRANCE
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Publication number: 20190345743
    Abstract: An anti-theft device for an item having a peripheral shoulder, comprising two hinged portions each having a peripheral skirt provided with an edge capable of abutting under the peripheral shoulder, with the portions being hinged relative to a peripheral pivot; magnetically deactivatable locking means, which lock the two hinged portions in the closed position, and a detection means wherein the portions are made up of a stationary shell having a general cylindrical shape, the cross-section of which matches the cross-section of the item to be protected and a movable shell connected by a pivot, the stationary shell having a recess opening laterally to allow the insertion of the movable shell in closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: FORS FRANCE
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Patent number: 9790715
    Abstract: An antitheft device attachable to an article, formed by two parts, one part comprises a means for remote interaction with a terminal detecting passage of the device, a hinge to allow movement between a protection position, and a release position, one of the parts having, at the end opposite to the movable hinge, a needle able to move in a direction perpendicular to the mid-plane of the device, the other part comprising a housing for receiving the needle, the housing comprising lock configured to allow the release of the needle with an opener, wherein the first part has three retractable cages enabling the needle to move between a retracted position where the tip of the needle does not project beyond the internal surface of the first part, and a deployed position in which the needle is engaged in the complementary housing when the device is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FORS FRANCE
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Publication number: 20160258192
    Abstract: An antitheft device attachable to an article, formed by two parts, one part comprises a means for remote interaction with a terminal detecting passage of the device, a hinge to allow movement between a protection position, and a release position, one of the parts having, at the end opposite to the movable hinge, a needle able to move in a direction perpendicular to the mid-plane of the device, the other part comprising a housing for receiving the needle, the housing comprising lock configured to allow the release of the needle with an opener, wherein the first part has three retractable cages enabling the needle to move between a retracted position where the tip of the needle does not project beyond the internal surface of the first part, and a deployed position in which the needle is engaged in the complementary housing when the device is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Publication number: 20060123858
    Abstract: An anti-theft device consists of a case comprising two large faces and four sides. One of the large faces forms an opening for the insertion of an article having dimensions that are essentially equal to those of the case. The opening face comprises a rim. The invention is characterized in that it comprises: a trigger member which can occupy a locked position and which can move in translation in the axis of the plane of the opening face which trigger member comprises at least one rim which co-operates with the above-mentioned rim in order to prevent the article from being extracted from the case and a locking pull tab which can move along an axis that is transverse to the movement of the trigger member and which can lock the trigger member in the locked position thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Patent number: 5957313
    Abstract: A theft preventing device for an article having a substantially cylindrical end with a substantially ring-shaped bulge, e.g. a bottle or container. The device comprises a releasable body having a clamping means gripping the cylindrical end when in the closed position, and a locking means for preventing the clamping means from being opened unless a special tool is used. The body comprises of a substantially tubular element with a larger diameter than the ring-shaped bulge, and comprises a member that is movable relative to the tubular element between a closed position in which it defines a cross-section smaller than that of the ring-shaped bulge, and a released position in which it defines a cross-section greater than that of the ring-shaped bulge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Fors France S.A.
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Patent number: 5931031
    Abstract: A locking system comprising a fixed portion secured to a box with a slot for inserting an article to be protected, and a movable portion with a latching member for partially sealing the insertion slot in the locked position. The system further comprises means for preventing the movable portion from being moved unless a specific tool is used. The fixed portion has a rear guide extending in a substantially longitudinal direction, and a front projection with an opening having a substantially longitudinal rear section and an angled section extending therefrom up to the upper edge of said front projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Fors Brance S.A.
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan
  • Patent number: D876265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Bruno Bouan