US 12,338,660 B2
Security tag with unlocking assembly
Patrick 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 Jul. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/358,792.
Application 18/358,792 is a continuation of application No. 17/826,893, filed on May 27, 2022, granted, now 11,739,567.
Application 17/826,893 is a continuation of application No. 16/923,918, filed on Jul. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,505,969, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,652, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,656, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,646, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,650, filed on Jul. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026712 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E05B 73/00 (2006.01); E05B 47/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 73/0017 (2013.01) [E05B 47/0001 (2013.01); E05B 47/0002 (2013.01); E05B 47/0009 (2013.01); E05B 47/0012 (2013.01); G08B 13/2434 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic article surveillance tag, comprising:
a tag body;
a locking member within the tag body and configured to receive and releasably engage with a pin portion of a connecting member and lock the connecting member to the tag body, wherein the locking member includes a clutch mechanism movable between a first position in fixed engagement with the pin portion and corresponding to a locked state and a second position corresponding to an unlocked state that allows detachment of the pin portion from the locking member, the clutch mechanism including a plunger member formed from a non-ferromagnetic material; and
an unlocking member attached to and fully encased within the tag body, wherein movement of the unlocking member from a locked position to an unlocked position is configured to move the clutch mechanism between the first position corresponding to the locked state and the second position corresponding to the unlocked state.