Security tag holder
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsKeith C. Eden, Shane Obitts, Jeffrey A. Comstock
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Abstract
A security tag holder and a security tag assembly is provided. The security tag holder may have a holder body that defines a security tag holding cavity. First and second band retaining fingers may attached to the holder body on an opposite sides of the security tag holding cavity. The fingers are used to secure the holder to a retention band. The security tag holder may have a contact lever that cooperates with an alarm button of a security tag when the security tag assembly is mounted to a product.
Claims24
A security tag holder comprising:
- a holder body defining a security tag holding cavity;
- a first band retaining finger attached to the holder body;
- a second band retaining finger attached to the holder body on an opposite side of the security tag holding cavity as the first band retaining finger with the security tag holding cavity being interposed between the first and second band retaining fingers;
- wherein each of the first and second band retaining fingers includes a connection portion and a band retaining portion, the connection portion securing the band retaining portion to the holder body;
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- wherein, for each of the first and second band retaining fingers, a band receiving slit is formed between the band retaining portion and the holder body, each band receiving slit has a mouth, the mouths of the first and second band retaining fingers open in opposite directions, the band retaining portions of the first and second band retaining fingers extend in parallel but opposite directions from the corresponding connection portion such that a retaining band inserted into each of the slits must be inserted in opposite directions.
A security tag holder comprising:
- a holder body defining a security tag holding cavity;
- a contact lever hingedly attached to the holder body for pivoting motion about a pivot axis, the contact lever extending across the security tag holding cavity, the contact lever having a free end spaced away from the pivot axis, the contact lever pivoting between an alarm position and an inactive position, the free end being positioned closer to the holder body in the inactive position than in the alarm position, the contact lever having an outer surface, the outer surface configured to directly contact a retail package to transition the contact lever from the alarm position to the inactive position.
A retail package comprising:
- product;
- a security tag assembly comprising:
- a security tag holder having:
- a holder body defining a security tag holding cavity;
- a first band retaining finger attached to the holder body;
- a second band retaining finger attached to the holder body on an opposite side of the security tag holding cavity as the first band retaining finger with the security tag holding cavity being interposed between the first and second band retaining fingers;
- a security tag located within the security tag holding cavity, the security tag having:
- a housing body having a bottom side;
- and
- an alarm button movable relative to the housing body between an extended state and a retracted state, the alarm button projecting from the bottom side a further distance in the extended state than in the retracted state;
- and
- a retention band extending around the product and securing the security tag assembly to the product, the first and second band retaining fingers securing the retention band to the security tag holder, the security tag being located between the retention band and the product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.