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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Sensormatic Electronics, Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Channing E. Miller, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Adam S. Bergman, Boca Raton, FL (US);
SENSORMATIC ELECTRONICS, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for unlocking a security tag that is connected to an article. The apparatus includes an unlocking device configured to provide an unlock signal or force to a security tag allowing for the security tag to be removed from the article. The apparatus further includes an unlocking surface disposed between the unlocking device and the security tag and an alignment feature configured to indicate a detachment zone that corresponds with a source of the unlock signal or force, wherein placing the tag in the detachment allows for the unlocking device to provide an unlock signal or force to the security device to allow the security tag to be removed from the article.