Shoplifting monitoring apparatus

Abstract

A shoplifting monitoring apparatus comprising a casing having an article attachment surface to be attached to an article; a switch at least partly accommodated in the casing, having a movable piece biased to project outward from the article attachment surface of the casing, and having a contact adapted to become closed when the movable piece is pushed toward an inside of the casing and to become open when the movable piece is projected outward from the casing; a first conductive member provided at the article attachment surface of the casing; a second conductive member provided at the article attachment surface of the casing, and remote from the first conductive member; a conductive film to be provided at the article attachment surface of the casing and to be in contact with each of the first and second conductive members; and an alarm device; wherein an electric contact is formed by the conductive film and the first and second conductive members, and the alarm device issues an alarm when the contact of the switch is open and/or when an electrically connected state between the first and second conductive members is open.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.