Anti-theft protection systems responsive to bath resonance and magnetization

• US 5,392,028 A
• Filed: 12/06/1993
• Issued: 02/21/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kobe Properties, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kobe Properties, Ltd.
• Inventors: Pichl, Fritz
• Primary Examiner(s): SWANN III, GLEN R
• Application Number:
  US08/161,347
• Time in Patent Office: 442 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572, 340/551, 340/521
• US Class Current: 340/572.5
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2408 using ferromagnetic tags
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2414 using inductive tags
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2448 Tag with at least dual detection means, e.g. combined inductive and ferromagnetic tags, dual frequencies within a single technology, tampering detection or signalling means on the tag

Abstract

Tagged articles are protected against theft by a system responding to articles having affixed thereto both a resonant circuit and a magnetizable strip. In one embodiment, a label alarm detector responds only to the presence of a resonant circuit or alternatively, only to the presence of a magnetizable strip. In a further embodiment, a label alarm detector responds to both presence of a resonant circuit and presence of a magnetizable strip.

Claims

1. The method of protecting articles against theft by means of detection of security labels affixed to the articles upon unauthorized passing through a passageway to trigger an alarm in response thereto, comprising the step of:

producing an alarm responsive to the presence of either an unauthorized resonant circuit label or unauthorized magnetizable strip material on an article passing through said passageway.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

affixing on the articles both a resonant circuit label and a magnetizable strip material, and passing those articles through a said passageway having a detector responsive to only one of the resonant circuit label or magnetizable strip material to produce an alarm upon unauthorized passing.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

affixing separately on the articles only one label comprising a resonant circuit or a magnetizable strip material, and passing those articles through a passageway having a detector responsive to both resonant circuit labels and magnetizable strip material to produce an alarm upon unauthorized passing.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of affixing to the articles to be protected against theft two labels respectively comprising a resonant circuit and a magnetizable strip material.

5. An article for triggering an alarm upon an unauthorized passing through a passageway having an alarm circuit responsive to detect the presence of only one of a resonant circuit and a magnetizable strip, said article comprising in combination, both a resonant circuit and a magnetizable strip material security device affixed to the article.

6. The article of claim 5 further comprising, two separate labels affixed to the article.

7. The article of claim 5 further comprising, a common carrier affixed to said article common to both said resonant circuit and said magnetizable strip material.

8. The article of claim 7, further comprising adhesive means affixing said common carrier to said article.

9. The article of claim 7 further comprising means affixing the resonant circuit and the magnetizable strip material in overlapping positions on said common carrier.