Anti-theft tag
AssigneeA&H Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorJeffrey A. Feibelman
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Abstract
An anti-theft security tag includes an engagement member having a first and second end securable within a housing for attachment to an article. The housing supports an electronic article surveillance marker and may include one or more channels for receiving and securing at least one crimping sleeve. The at least one crimping sleeve is sized to receive one end of the engagement member. A slot is disposed within the housing in alignment with the at least one crimping sleeve, and is sized to receive a crimping tool to crimp the sleeve and secure the wire to the article within the housing.
Claims20
An anti-theft tag for attachment to an article, comprising:
- an engagement member constructed and arranged to secure the tag to the article, the engagement member including a first end and a second end;
- a housing including a base having at least one wall bounding a cavity, the cavity being sized to receive an electronic article surveillance sensor, the housing further including a backing member;
- a slot disposed through the at least one wall and sized to receive a portion of a crimping tool;
- a crimping sleeve adapted to receive the second end of the engagement member and supported within the cavity in alignment with the slot;
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- wherein upon insertion of the second end into the crimping sleeve the crimping tool is insertable through the slot so as to engage the crimping sleeve in order to secure the second end of the engagement member within the housing so as to form a loop.
An anti-theft tag for attachment to an article, comprising:
- an engagement member constructed and arranged to secure the tag to the article, the engagement member including a first end and a second end;
- a housing including a base having at least one wall bounding a cavity, the cavity being sized to receive an electronic article surveillance sensor, the housing further including a backing member;
- at least one channel disposed within the housing and sized to receive the second end of the engagement member;
- a slot disposed through the at least one wall, in communication with the at least one channel, and sized to receive a portion of a crimping tool;
- a first crimping sleeve disposed about the first end of the engagement member;
- a second crimping sleeve adapted to receive the second end of the engagement member and supported within the at least one channel in alignment with the slot;
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- wherein upon insertion of the second end into the crimping sleeve the crimping tool is insertable through the slot so as to engage the crimping sleeve in order to secure the second end of the engagement member within the housing so as to form a loop.
A method of attaching an anti-theft tag to an article comprising the steps of:
- providing an engagement member constructed and arranged to secure the tag to the article, the engagement member including a first end and a second end;
- providing a housing including a base having at least one wall bounding a cavity, the cavity being sized to receive an electronic article surveillance sensor, the housing further including a backing member;
- securing the first end of the engagement member to the housing;
- providing a slot in the at least one wall sized to receive at least a portion of a crimping tool;
- supporting a crimping sleeve within the housing in alignment with the slot disposed through the at least one wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.