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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh, Neuhausen Am Rheinfall, CH;
Danhui Luo, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Rheinfall, CH;
Abstract
Systems () and methods () for operating a security tag () of an Electronic Article Surveillance system. The methods involve: sliding a sidewall () of an article () into a clip structure () of the security tag; rotating at least one pawl () of the security tag so that the pawl is transitioned from a retracted position in which an engagement surface () of the pawl is disposed within a housing () of the security tag to an engaged position in which the engagement surface of the pawl extends out and away from the housing of the security tag; and applying a clamping force by the pawl to the article whereby the article is clamped between the engagement surface of the pawl and a vertical elongate member () of the clip structure.