US 12,188,266 B2
Goods anti-theft device
Sebastian Müller, Munich (DE); and Alexander Schneider, Munich (DE)
Assigned to rapitag GmbH, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/430,433
Filed by rapitag GmbH, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/053117
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/165038, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 202 098.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243190 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 73/00 (2006.01); E05B 67/28 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 73/0047 (2013.01) [E05B 67/28 (2013.01); E05B 73/0017 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Anti-theft device configured to be attached to merchandise to be protected comprising:
a housing and
a locking mechanism which has a needle, the needle being adjustable between a locking position, in which it engages with the merchandise to be protected, and a release position, in which detachment and removal of the anti-theft device from the merchandise to be protected are permitted,
wherein
the needle has a curved shape and is accommodated in the housing when in the release position,
wherein the locking mechanism comprises a catch that is configured such that it can be releasably engaged with the needle in order to hold the needle in the locking position and allow it to be transferred to the release position when actuated by a release element associated with the catch, wherein the release element is made at least in part of a shape-memory alloy.