Theft Deterrent Tag

• US 20080284601A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adel O Sayegh, Shaoshan Li, Wei Shang
• Original Assignee: Adel O Sayegh, Shaoshan Li, Wei Shang
• Inventors: Sayegh, Adel O., Shang, Wei, Li, Shaoshan
• Application Number:
  US12/163,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20080284601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.1
• 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 73/0041 for essentially round objects, e.g. bottles or racket handles
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2434 Tag housing and attachment details

Abstract

An article surveillance tag that has a shock absorbing mechanism that prevents unauthorized removal of the tag by the application of a strike force to the tag by a blunt object. In one embodiment, the article surveillance tag is adapted to engage articles that cannot be penetrated by pins.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A theft deterrence tag having an improved attaching system, comprising:

an attaching member having an attaching region that is removeably engaged to an attaching component such that the theft deterrence tag maintains an item to be protected therein without piercing the item;

a shock absorbing mechanism;

whereby, said shock absorbing mechanism prevents unauthorized removal of the tag by the application of a striking force by a blunt object to the tag.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the tag is comprised of a first half and an opposing second half that are rotationally attached at a rear end and are removeably attached at a front end, where said attaching member is located at the front end of said first half and said attaching component is defined at the front end of said second half,

a detectable electronic article surveillance means located within the tag.