US 12,277,844 B2
Security tag
Timothy Pryce-Hall, Colchester (GB)
Assigned to Sekura Global IP LLP, Colchester (GB)
Appl. No. 18/546,591
Filed by SEKURA GLOBAL IP LLP, Colchester (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/GB2022/050437
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175669, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2102311 (GB), filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0135794 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0233503 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2434 (2013.01) [E05B 73/0017 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A security tag comprising:
a first arm extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the first arm including a first clamping surface and a pin housing proximate the distal end of the first arm;
a second arm extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the second arm including a second clamping surface and a clutch mechanism proximate the distal end of the second arm;
a hinge connecting the first and second arms at their proximal ends; and
a curved pin having a tip, the curved pin being associated with the pin housing,
wherein, security tag is moveable between an open configuration, in which the first and second arms are in an open position with respect to each other such that there is a first gap between the first and second clamping surfaces and the curved pin is in a disengaged position in which the pin is at least partially housed within the pin housing, and a locked configuration, in which the first and second arms are in a closed position with respect to each other such that there is a second smaller gap between the first and second clamping surfaces and the curved pin is engaged with the clutch mechanism to retain the first and second arms in the closed position.