US 11,984,004 B2
Security tag for loss prevention
Patrick S. Claeys, Weston, FL (US); and Sergio M. Perez, Lake Worth, FL (US)
Assigned to Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,049.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/082,818, filed on Sep. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0092955 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G08B 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 13/2434 (2013.01) [G08B 13/2417 (2013.01); G08B 13/2431 (2013.01); G08B 13/2468 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A security tag comprising:
a tack housing;
a tag housing;
an elongated beam extending laterally along the tag housing and coupling with the tack housing and the tag housing, wherein the elongated beam is longer than a width of the tack housing;
one or more antenna elements extending through the elongated beam between the tack housing and the tag housing; and
the tag housing having one or more electrical components, wherein at least a portion of the one or more antenna elements is disposed away from the one or more electrical components.