Patent ID: 11859412
Assignee: ALL-TAG CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag for use with a high Gauss detacher comprising
a plastic pin member having a body member and a pin extending therefrom and adapted to be attached to a plastic body member to secure an article,
the plastic body member having a base and a top and adapted to receive the pin member to secure the article,
wherein the improvement comprises a lock for releasing the pin member from the body member by the high Gauss detacher, the lock comprising at least two ball bearings and a low magnetic tolerance ferro-magnetic material,
the EAS tag having no other ferro-magnetic components other than the at least two ball bearings and the low magnetic tolerance ferro-magnetic material, and
wherein the lock may be calibrated by using different low magnetic tolerance ferro-magnetic materials.