US 8,590,348 B1Granted

Security tag assembly

AssigneesBraebum Asset Holdings, LLC., ES Holding Dragoer APS

InventorsJohan Skjellerup, Eddie L. Stenild

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Abstract

A security tag assembly structured to restrict unauthorized removal of merchandise from a designated area is presented. The security tag assembly comprises a base and a tag member removably connected to the merchandise being protected or monitored. A locking assembly is disposed within the base and is structured to be biased into a locking orientation relative to a connector pin of the tag member. A release assembly, also disposed within the base, is structured to facilitate the authorized release of the locking assembly upon contact with an externally applied detachment assembly. In particular the release assembly comprises first and second members disposed in a movable interlocked relation with one another, wherein the first member is structured to be rotationally disposed upon contact with the detachment assembly. The second member is structured for disposition into a displacing engagement with the locking assembly upon the rotational movement of the first member.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A security tag assembly structured to restrict unauthorized removal of a product from an area, said security tag assembly comprising:

a base including a locking assembly, said locking assembly structured to be biased into a locking orientation,
a tag member including an elongated connector member structured to pass through the product and into a locking position,
said locking position comprising said connector member passing into said base and into a removable locking engagement with said locking assembly when in a locking orientation,
a release assembly disposed within said base, said release assembly comprising first and second members disposed in a movable interlocked relation with one another,
said first member of said release assembly being structured for movable disposition upon engagement by an externally applied detachment assembly,
said second member being disposed into a displacing engagement with at least a portion of said locking assembly upon movable engagement of said first member with the detachment assembly, and
said displacing engagement sufficient to dispose said locking assembly out of said locking orientation relative to said connector member, and
said first member of said release assembly including at least one receiving channel structured for engagement with the detachment assembly.

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A security tag assembly structured to restrict unauthorized removal of a product from an area, said security tag assembly comprising:

a base including a locking assembly, said locking assembly structured to be biased into a locking orientation,
a tag member including an elongated connector member structured to pass through the product and into a locking position,
said locking position comprising said connector member passing into said base and into a removable locking engagement with said locking assembly when in a locking orientation,
a release assembly disposed within said base and structured for movable disposition upon contact by an externally applied detachment assembly,
said release assembly comprising a first portion and a second portion, said first portion being disposed in at least partially rotational movement upon contact with the externally applied detachment assembly, and said second portion being disposed into a displacing engagement with at least a portion of said locking assembly upon said rotational movement of said first portion, and
said displacing engagement being sufficient to dispose said locking assembly out of said locking orientation relative to said connector member, and
a restriction assembly disposed in an engaging relation with said second portion and structured to restrict rotational disposition of said second portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/285,607Filed 31 Oct 2011
Granted: 26 Nov 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

E05B 73/0017
Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices: anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed…
E05B 39/002
Locks giving indication of authorised or unauthorised unlocking: by releasing a liquid, e.g. ill-smelling or dye
Y10T 24/4614
Having operator for moving holding component or surface: moves slidably guided, nonself-biasing, holding component
Y10T 24/50
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.: readily interlocking, two-part fastener requiring either destructive or tool disengagement