US 12,454,850 B2
Ball and socket security tag
Channing E. Miller, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Simon Rossi, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/285,467
Filed by Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 4, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/070983
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/187861, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,457, filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0360701 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 73/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 73/0017 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article security device that is selectively removable from an article, comprising:
a security tag with a housing including a security element and a containment structure;
an elongate member movably connected with the security tag and having an elongate member first end with an end cap member coupled thereto, wherein the end cap member is moveably retained within the containment structure, and an elongate member second end with a pin, wherein the elongate member is configured to contain or to be contained by at least a portion of the article; and
a selectively removable locking member, separate from the housing, that is configured to lockably engage with the pin at the elongate member second end to enable the article security device to be selectively locked to and removable from the article, wherein the selectively removable locking member includes a locking mechanism having a locked position preventing removal of the selectively removable locking member from the pin at the elongate member second end and an unlocked position allowing for removal of the selectively removable locking member from the pin at the elongate member second end.