# US 8,464,956 B2 · System and method for security tag deployment using reversible adhesives > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,464,956 B2 - Document ID: US8464956B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/039,864 - Filed: 2011-03-03 - Published: 2011-09-08 - Granted: 2013-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2010-03-08 - Assignees: Tyco Fire & Security GmbH - Applicants: Wing Kei Ho; Hubert A. Patterson - Inventors: Wing Kei Ho; Hubert A. Patterson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8464956B2 ## CPC - G08B 13/2402: {Electronic Article Surveillance [EAS], i.e. systems using tags for detecting removal of a tagged item from a secure area, e.g. tags for detecting shoplifting (mechanical aspects of the tags, e.g. related to locking E05B73/0017; RFID readers G06K7/00; RFID tags G06K19/00; access control systems G07C9/00; anti-theft control in point of sale systems G07G3/003; security seals G09F3/03)} - C09J 5/00: Adhesive processes in general; Adhesive processes not provided for elsewhere, e.g. relating to primers - E05B 15/1607: {Adhesive} - E05B 73/0017: {Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops} - E05B 73/0029: {Tags wrapped around the protected product using cables, wires or the like, e.g. with cable retraction for tensioning} - C09J 2301/502: process for debonding adherents - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H) - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS ## Abstract A method and system for security tag attachment using a reversible adhesive in which a security tag has an outer surface and an inner volume. The tag includes at least one of an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) element and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) element disposed within the inner volume. The system also includes a reversible adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a security tag having: an outer surface; an inner volume; and at least one of an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) element and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) element disposed within the inner volume; and a reversible adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface, the reversible adhesive arranged to release if thermally affected by an electromagnetic field. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a source generating the electromagnetic field to thermally affect the reversible adhesive, the reversible adhesive remaining substantially bonded if not thermally affected by the electromagnetic field. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the field is an electromagnetic field. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one cable having a first end detachably couplable to the reversible adhesive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one cable has a second end opposite the first end, the second end being detachably couplable to the reversible adhesive. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the second end is fixed to the tag. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the reversible adhesive is releasable only in the presence of at least two different fields. ### Claim 8 An apparatus, comprising: a security tag having: an exterior surface; an interior surface; an inner volume; at least one aperture defining a passage to the interior surface; at least one of an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) element and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) element disposed within the inner volume; a reversible adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the interior surface of the tag; and at least one cable, the at least one cable being removably insertable within the at least one aperture and detachably couplable to the reversible adhesive. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one cable includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end being detachably couplable to the reversible adhesive and the second end being fixed to the tag. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one cable includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, both ends being detachably couplable to the reversible adhesive. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one cable includes a plurality of cables and the at least one aperture includes a plurality of apertures, each of the plurality of cables being removably insertable within a respective aperture and being detachably couplable to the reversible adhesive. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the reversible adhesive includes metal. ### Claim 13 An apparatus, comprising: a security tag having: an inner volume; and at least one of an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) element and a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) element disposed within the inner volume; an anchoring element having a first end, the anchoring element removably affixing the security tag to an article; and a reversible adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the first end of the anchoring element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the tag includes an aperture having a diameter, the first end of the anchoring element having a first diameter less than the diameter of the aperture and being removably insertable within the aperture. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the anchoring element has a second end opposite the first end, the second end having a second diameter, the second diameter being greater than the diameter of the aperture. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second end defines at least one lip. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the reversible adhesive removably affixes the anchoring element to the tag. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the anchoring element includes a second end opposite the first end, the first end and second end each having a corresponding diameter, the diameter of the second end being greater than the diameter of the first end. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the second end defines at least one lip. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the reversible adhesive includes metal.