Electronic article surveillance marker assembly

In combination:

• (a) an article of manufacture;
• and
• (b) an electronic article surveillance marker assembly, comprising a housing containing an EAS marker and a strap member assembleable with said housing and having a detent structure at one end thereof and a tail extending from said detent structure to a free end, one side of said tail defining ratchet structure retainable by said detent structure upon assembly of said strap member with said housing, said detent structure being retained interiorly of said housing, said tail extending outwardly of said housing through a passage formed in a first wall of said housing, said housing defining an opening in a second wall of said housing in registry with said detent structure, said tail being resident in said article of manufacture, said tail free end being resident in said housing and retained therein by said detent structure.

An electronic article surveillance marker assembly, comprising a first housing defining a recess, an EAS marker seated in said recess, a second housing defining a recess and having an opening extending through a first wall of said second housing into said second housing recess and having a passage extending through a second wall of said second housing into said second housing recess, and a strap member assembleable with said first housing and having a detent structure at one end thereof and a tail extending from said detent structure to a free end, one side of said tail defining ratchet structure retainable by said detent structure, said detent structure being disposed in said second housing recess upon assembly of said first housing and said strap member with said second housing and said tail extending through said second housing passage with said free end of said tail being disposed outwardly of said second housing, said first and second housings being perimetrically secured to one another.