US 11,869,324 B2
Securing a security tag into an article
Olivier Bruno Sommer, Knoxville, TN (US); and Lauri Johannes Huhtasalo, Tampere (FI)
Assigned to Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/645,844.
Prior Publication US 2023/0206739 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2445 (2013.01) [G08B 13/2417 (2013.01); G08B 13/2434 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for securing a security tag into an article of clothing, comprising:
inserting a tool into a first opening to an interface space between two layers of the article of clothing, wherein the two layers are fixedly connected by one or more opposing connectors that are spaced apart in a manner to form the interface space sized to receive the security tag;
moving the tool to extend out of a second opening of the interface space;
connecting the security tag to the tool;
positioning an end of the security tag into the second opening; and
moving the security tag fully into the interface space by moving the tool, with the security tag releasably connected thereto, back out of the first opening.