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US 12,637,271 B2Granted
Security tag housing
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsGabriel Garduno, Jeffrey Allen Comstock, Keith C. Eden, Thomas O. Nagel
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Abstract
A housing for a security tag having improved band attachments is provided. The housing includes undercut regions for receipt of the band to allow for securement of the band to the security tag.
Claims17
A housing for a security tag comprising:
- a top wall having a top wall outer surface and an opposed top wall inner surface;
- an annular sidewall wall extending outward from the top wall forming an intersection therebetween, the annular sidewall having a sidewall outer surface and a sidewall inner surface;
- a shoulder region formed proximate the intersection of the top wall and the annular wall;
- a first notch formed in a first portion of the shoulder region, the first notch having first and second projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the first and second projections being spaced apart a first distance forming a first gap therebetween, the first projection forming a first undercut region of the first notch, the second projection forming a second undercut region of the first notch;
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- a second notch formed in a second portion of the shoulder region, the second portion of the shoulder region being on an opposed side of top wall as the first portion of the shoulder region, the second notch having third and fourth projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the third and fourth projections being spaced apart a second distance forming a second gap therebetween, the third projection forming a third undercut region of the second notch, the fourth projection forming a fourth undercut region of the second notch;
- wherein:
- the first notch has a first bottom surface that faces outward, the first and second projections being spaced outward from the first bottom surface, the first undercut region being formed between the first projection and the first bottom surface, the second undercut region being formed between the second projection and the first bottom surface, the first bottom surface extending at a non-parallel, non-perpendicular angle to the outer surface of the top wall and at a non-parallel, non-perpendicular angle to the outer surface of the annular sidewall;
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- the second notch has a second bottom surface that faces outward, the third and fourth projections being spaced outward from the second bottom surface, the third undercut region being formed between the third projection and the second bottom surface, the fourth undercut region being formed between the fourth projection and the second bottom surface, the second bottom surface extending at a non-parallel, non-perpendicular angle to the outer surface of the top wall and at a non-parallel, non-perpendicular angle to the outer surface of the annular sidewall.
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A housing for a security tag comprising:
- a top wall having a top wall outer surface and an opposed top wall inner surface;
- an annular sidewall wall extending outward from the top wall forming an intersection therebetween, the annular sidewall having a sidewall outer surface and a sidewall inner surface;
- a shoulder region formed proximate the intersection of the top wall and the annular wall;
- a first notch formed in a first portion of the shoulder region, the first notch having first and second projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the first and second projections being spaced apart a first distance forming a first gap therebetween, the first projection forming a first undercut region of the first notch, the second projection forming a second undercut region of the first notch;
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- a second notch formed in a second portion of the shoulder region, the second portion of the shoulder region being on an opposed side of top wall as the first portion of the shoulder region, the second notch having third and fourth projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the third and fourth projections being spaced apart a second distance forming a second gap therebetween, the third projection forming a third undercut region of the second notch, the fourth projection forming a fourth undercut region of the second notch
- wherein:
- a first portion of the shoulder region adjacent the first sidewall portion projects, at least in part, outward beyond the first sidewall portion;
- a second portion of the shoulder region adjacent the second sidewall portion projects, at least in part, outward beyond the second sidewall portion;
- a third portion of the shoulder region adjacent the third sidewall portion projects, at least in part, outward beyond the third sidewall portion;
- and
- a fourth portion of the shoulder region adjacent the fourth sidewall portion projects, at least in part, outward beyond the fourth sidewall portion.
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A housing for a security tag comprising:
- a top wall having a top wall outer surface and an opposed top wall inner surface;
- an annular sidewall wall extending outward from the top wall forming an intersection therebetween, the annular sidewall having a sidewall outer surface and a sidewall inner surface;
- a shoulder region formed proximate the intersection of the top wall and the annular wall;
- a first notch formed in a first portion of the shoulder region, the first notch having first and second projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the first and second projections being spaced apart a first distance forming a first gap therebetween, the first projection forming a first undercut region of the first notch, the second projection forming a second undercut region of the first notch;
- a second notch formed in a second portion of the shoulder region, the second portion of the shoulder region being on an opposed side of top wall as the first portion of the shoulder region, the second notch having third and fourth projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the third and fourth projections being spaced apart a second distance forming a second gap therebetween, the third projection forming a third undercut region of the second notch, the fourth projection forming a fourth undercut region of the second notch;
- a third notch formed in a third portion of the shoulder region, the third notch having fifth and sixth projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the fifth and sixth projections being spaced apart a fifth distance forming a third gap therebetween, the fifth projection forming a fifth undercut region of the third notch, the sixth projection forming a sixth undercut region of the third notch;
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- a fourth notch formed in a fourth portion of the shoulder region, the fourth portion of the shoulder region being on an opposed side of top wall as the third portion of the shoulder region, the fourth notch having seventh and eighth projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the seventh and eighth projections being spaced apart a sixth distance forming a fourth gap therebetween, the seventh projection forming a seventh undercut region of the fourth notch, the eighth projection forming an eighth undercut region of the fourth notch.
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An assembly comprising:
- a housing for a security tag comprising:
- a top wall having a top wall outer surface and an opposed top wall inner surface;
- an annular sidewall wall extending outward from the top wall forming an intersection therebetween, the annular sidewall having a sidewall outer surface and a sidewall inner surface;
- a shoulder region formed proximate the intersection of the top wall and the annular wall;
- a first notch formed in a first portion of the shoulder region, the first notch having first and second projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the first and second projections being spaced apart a first distance forming a first gap therebetween, the first projection forming a first undercut region of the first notch, the second projection forming a second undercut region of the first notch;
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- a second notch formed in a second portion of the shoulder region, the second portion of the shoulder region being on an opposed side of top wall as the first portion of the shoulder region, the second notch having third and fourth projections extending towards one another, distal ends of the third and fourth projections being spaced apart a second distance forming a second gap therebetween, the third projection forming a third undercut region of the second notch, the fourth projection forming a fourth undercut region of the second notch
- a band that forms a continuous loop when attached to the housing, the band having a first portion extending within the first notch and a second portion extending within the second notch, a third portion extending from the first notch to the second notch, the third portion extending over the top wall outer surface when the first portion extends within the first notch and when the second portion extends within the second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.