Security system and security tag assembly

• US 10,332,372 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2018
• Issued: 06/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Braeburn Asset Holdings, LLC, ES Holding Dragor ApS
• Original Assignee: Braeburn Asset Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Skjellerup, Johan, Stenild, Eddie L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Hirdepal
• Application Number:
  US15/928,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20180218583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 3405728
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0064 of the mechanical type
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2417 having a radio frequency identification chip
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2434 Tag housing and attachment details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2454 Checking of authorisation of a person accessing tagged items in an EAS system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2457 Lending systems using EAS tags wherein the tags are reusable, e.g. they can be activated and deactivated more than once, e.g. for a library
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/246 Check out systems combined with EAS, e.g. price information stored on EAS tag anti-theft systems in point of sale systems G07G3/003

Abstract

A security system and security tag assembly cooperatively operative to restrict unauthorized removal of an article from an area, wherein the security tag assembly is removably attached to the article and includes an RFID component/label configured to encode and retain data associated with the article to which it is attached. A deactivator assembly includes a read component structured to read the article data encoded in the security tag assembly, before or during removal of the tag assembly, wherein the read data is transmitted to a processor for display, storage and/or supplementary processing. One or more portable readers, not associated with the deactivator assembly or processor, are configured to access and display the article data for authorized article control. A review application may be downloaded on communication devices having short range technology and is configured to access the article data to obtain information relating thereto.

Claims

1. A security system to restrict unauthorized removal of an article from an area, said security system comprising:

a security tag assembly comprising a tag component structured for attachment to the article and including a housing;

an RFID component comprising an RFID label secured in overlying, substantially conforming relation to an interior surface of said housing;

said tag component including a cover member disposed in overlying relation to said RFID label and in at least partially covering relation to said interior surface of said housing;

said security tag assembly further comprising a base removably connectable to said housing, each of said base and said housing cooperatively structured for removable attachment to the article when connected to one another;

an elongated pin secured to said housing and extending outwardly from said interior surface into a connectable disposition with said base; and

said pin extending through said cover into said connectable disposition with said RFID label.

2. The security system as recited in claim 1 wherein said pin extends through said RFID label in predetermined spaced relation thereto, said predetermined spaced relation being sufficient to reduce electrical interference between said pin and said RFID label.

3. The security system is recited in claim 1 wherein said RFID label comprises a flexible material sheet including an integrated circuit disposed thereon.

4. A security system to restrict unauthorized removal of an article from an area, said security system comprising:

a security tag assembly comprising a tag component structured for attachment to the article and including a housing;

an RFID component comprising an RFID label secured in overlying, substantially conforming relation to an interior surface of said housing;

said tag component including a cover member disposed in overlying relation to said RFID label and in at least partially covering relation to said interior surface of said housing;

said security tag assembly further comprising a base removably connectable to said housing, each of said base and said housing cooperatively structured for removable attachment to the article when connected to one another;

an elongated pin secured to said housing and extending outwardly from said interior surface into a connectable disposition with said base; and

said pin extending through said RFID label in predetermined spaced relation thereto, said predetermined spaced relation being sufficient to reduce electrical interference between said pin and said RFID label.