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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Sensormatic Electronics, Llc, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Robert K. Lynch, Greenacres, FL (US);
Sergio M. Perez, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Andrew J. Proulx, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Michael Del Busto, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Channing E. Miller, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Jose D. Garzon, Tamarac, FL (US);
Charles T. Turgeon, Lighthouse Point, FL (US);
Danhui Luo, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Marco R. Grimaldo, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Sensormatic Electronics, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
The present aspects include a method of detaching a security tag from an article, including receiving, at a detacher device, an unlock signal from a transaction system. The detacher device includes a housing having a nest configured to receive a security tag, a gate assembly including a gate member movable between a closed position that blocks the nest and an open position, and a magnet positioned on an opposite the nest and having a magnetic flux sufficient to unlock a magnetic lock of the security tag. The method further includes moving the gate member from the closed position to the open position based on receipt of the unlock signal, receiving the security tag in the nest, and unlocking the magnetic lock of the security tag to allow the security tag to be detached from the article.