Patent ID: 9466233
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: E05B,G08B,G09F

Claim Text:
1. A fraud-prevention device and system for visible attachment to consumer goods, the fraud-prevention device comprising: an elongated destructible strip of material comprising: i) first and second longitudinally extending sides, and first and second transversely extending edges with at least one of the first and second extending edges having an attachment means, the elongated destructible strip of material is plastic having a tear resistance of greater than 22 Newtons, the strip is planar has a central portion and is sized and configured to fit through an opening in a garment; a consumer good having at least one opening; wherein the strip is placed through the at least one opening and the first and second ends are secured to one another by the attachment feature ii) at least one security feature selected from the group consisting of an RFID tag, an EAS tag, a rupturable ink cartridge, and hologram; iii) security indicia including at least one of logo lines, repetitive patterns, characters, or numerals; and iv) at least one reinforcing strip wherein the at least one reinforcing strip is constructed out of a conductive material and the reinforcing strip is a part of an antenna system for a RFID tag and such that breaking the reinforcing strip reduces the read range of the RFID tag.