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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Anthony F. Piccoli, West Deptford, NJ (US);
Wei Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Seth Strauser, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Checkpoint Systems, Inc., Thorofare, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/14 (2006.01); G08B 13/24 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 13/2434 (2013.01); E05B 73/0017 (2013.01); G08B 13/1445 (2013.01); G08B 13/1463 (2013.01); G08B 13/2417 (2013.01); G08B 13/2437 (2013.01);
Abstract
A security tag may include a pin cover, a pin housing, a receiving gap disposed between the pin cover and the pin housing, a pin configured to engage an article placed within the receiving gap, and a biasing member configured to actuate the pin by urging the pin toward the pin cover in response to the article being substantially placed within the receiving gap.