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Reusable security tag

  • US 3,942,829 A
  • Filed: 12/27/1973
  • Issued: 03/09/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A reusable security tag for securing an element, detectable by independent means, to an article to be maintained under surveillance, comprising:

  • a pin having a first end adapted to be urged through a portion of said article, means for preventing the opposite end of said pin from passing through said article, clutch lock means for accepting facile insertion of said first end of the pin therein after the latter has passed through said article but resisting removal of an inserted pin, an enclosure for concealing said lock means, and means for concealing said detectable element joined to at least one of said pin and said enclosure, said enclosure being constructed and arranged to permit authorized nondestructive release of said pin from said lock means.

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