BOX EDGE SECURITY DEVICE
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Abstract
A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge seal and a tag assembly. The edge seal is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge seal is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge seal is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge seal and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
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32 Claims
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29. A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, comprising:
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an edge seal having a first structural portion and a second structural portion, the first and second structural portions being hard, solid structures that are integrally formed and are arranged at a fixed angle to one another, the edge seal being attachable around an openable edge of the merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the openable edge, such that the hard, solid, first portion of the edge seal is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and the hard, solid second portion of the edge seal is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box; and a tag assembly that interlocks with the edge seal and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31)
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32. A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent first and second structural portions connected together along an edge, comprising:
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a tag assembly that includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system; an edge seal adapted to be attached around the edge of the merchandise box, the edge seal having a first planar body portion and a second planar body portion, wherein the first planar body portion is a base that receives, and interlocks with, the tag assembly and the second planar body portion is integral with the first planar body portion and extends at an angle from the first planar body portion such that the first planar body portion is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and the second planar body portion is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box; and a strap that extends between the tag assembly and the edge seal.
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Specification