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US 2010/0148962 A1Published application
Electronic Article Surveillance Tag
AssigneeSensomatic Electronics, LLC
InventorThang Tat Nguyen
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Abstract
An embodiment is an EAS tag that may be included in an EAS system. More specifically, an embodiment is a reusable EAS tag including an arcuate channel with an L-shaped keyway, into which an appropriate corresponding tool, in the form of an arcuate probe, can be inserted for releasing a clamp and thereby detaching the EAS tag from its article. Prevents tampering and activation of the detaching mechanism with other tools than the intended one.
Claims20
An electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag comprising:
- a body;
- a rotary clamp coupled to the body and within the body to clamp a pin to detachably engage the EAS tag to an object;
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- an arcuate channel in the body to extend from the outside of the body to the rotary clamp, the arcuate channel to include a keyway formed in a portion of the arcuate channel.
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An electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag comprising:
- a body;
- a rotary clamp within the body;
- and
- an arcuate channel to extend from an outside surface of the body to the rotary clamp, the arcuate channel to include an L-shaped keyway at a depth relative to the outside surface of the body.
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An electronic article surveillance (EAS) system comprising:
- an EAS tag attachable to an article, the EAS tag including a body, a rotary clamp within the body, and an arcuate channel to extend from an outside surface of the body to the rotary clamp, the arcuate channel to include an L-shaped keyway at a depth relative to the outside surface of the body;
- a detectable EAS sensor disposed in the EAS tag body;
- a transmitter to transmit a first signal into a surveillance zone;
- and
- a receiver to receive a second signal resulting from the interaction of the first signal with the detectable EAS sensor to detect the presence of the detectable EAS sensor in the surveillance zone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.