EAS tag with motion detection facility
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1. In combination:
- (a) an EAS tag inclusive of an electrical power source contained with said tag and circuitry powered by said electrical power source; and
(b) a motion sensor operatively associated with said tag and contained therewith, said motion sensor being connected electrically between said electrical power source and such tag circuitry, said motion sensor comprisingI. first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material,II. first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, andIII. joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said tag, said joinder means, said first and second housings and said first and second electrically conductive means being collectively dimensioned to provide for electrical conductivity between said first and second housings upon reorientation of said tag from disposition wherein neither of said first and second electrically conductive means are in registry with said joinder means.
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Abstract
An electrical article surveillance (EAS) tag is inclusive of an electrical power source contained with the tag and circuitry powered by the electrical power source and a motion sensor operatively associated with the tag and contained therewith, the motion sensor providing output indication of movement and thereupon effecting loading of the electrical power source by such tag circuitry.
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(a) an EAS tag inclusive of an electrical power source contained with said tag and circuitry powered by said electrical power source; and (b) a motion sensor operatively associated with said tag and contained therewith, said motion sensor being connected electrically between said electrical power source and such tag circuitry, said motion sensor comprising I. first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material, II. first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, and III. joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said tag, said joinder means, said first and second housings and said first and second electrically conductive means being collectively dimensioned to provide for electrical conductivity between said first and second housings upon reorientation of said tag from disposition wherein neither of said first and second electrically conductive means are in registry with said joinder means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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(a) an EAS tag inclusive of an electrical power source contained with said tag and circuitry powered by said electrical power source; and (b) a motion sensor operatively associated with said tag and contained therewith, said motion sensor being connected electrically between said electrical power source and such tag circuitry, said motion sensor comprising I. first and second elongate housings comprised of electrically conductive materials and having respective first and second lengths along a longitudinal axis common thereto, II. first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, and having respective third and fourth lengths along said longitudinal axis, and III. joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material, defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor, said joinder means having a fifth length along said longitudinal axis, the sum of said third and fourth lengths exceeding both the sum of said first and fifth lengths and the sum of said second and fifth lengths. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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(a) an EAS tag inclusive of an electrical power source contained with said tag and circuitry powered by said electrical power source; and (b) a motion sensor operatively associated with said tag and contained therewith, said motion sensor being connected electrically between said electrical power source and such tag circuitry, said motion sensor comprising I. first and second elongate housings comprised of electrically conductive materials and having respective first and second lengths along a longitudinal axis common thereto, II. first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, and having respective lengths substantially equal to said first and second lengths, and III. joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material, defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor, said joinder means having a third length along said longitudinal axis, the sum of said first and second lengths exceeding both the sum of said first and third lengths and the sum of said second and third lengths - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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(a) an EAS tag inclusive of an electrical power source contained with said tag and circuitry powered by said electrical power source; and (b) a motion sensor operatively associated with said tag and contained therewith, said motion sensor being connected electrically between said electrical power source and such tag circuitry, said motion sensor comprising I. first and second housings comprised of electrically conductive material, II. first and second electrically conductive means movably supported respectively in said first and second housings, and III. joinder means for interconnection of said first and second housings, said joinder means being comprised of electrically insulative material and defining a passage permitting movement of said first and second electrically conductive means between said first and second housings responsively to orientation of said motion sensor; and (c) detection circuitry having electrical connection with one of said first and second housings and responsive to said movement of said first and second electrically conductive means to provide output indication of motion of said EAS tag. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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