Goods anti-theft device
Assigneerapitag GmbH
InventorsSebastian Müller, Alexander Schneider
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Abstract
The invention relates to an anti-theft device (100) configured for being attached to merchandise to be protected, in particular textile products, wherein the anti-theft device (100) comprises a housing (102) and a locking mechanism (130), which has a needle (106), wherein the needle (106) is adjustable between a locking position, in which it engages with the merchandise to be protected, and a release position, in which detachment and removal of the anti-theft device (100) from the merchandise to be protected are permitted, wherein the needle (106) has a curved, preferably arcuate shape and is accommodated in the housing (102) when in the release position.
Claims17
Anti-theft device configured to be attached to merchandise to be protected comprising:
- a housing and
- a locking mechanism which has a needle, the needle being adjustable between a locking position, in which it engages with the merchandise to be protected, and a release position, in which detachment and removal of the anti-theft device from the merchandise to be protected are permitted,
- wherein
- the needle has a curved shape and is accommodated in the housing when in the release position,
- wherein the locking mechanism comprises a catch that is configured such that it can be releasably engaged with the needle in order to hold the needle in the locking position and allow it to be transferred to the release position when actuated by a release element associated with the catch, wherein the release element is made at least in part of a shape-memory alloy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.