Patent ID: 9324221
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E05B,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A single use anti-fraud tag for an item, comprising: a first member having an interior surface, a second member having an interior surface, and a hinge connecting said first and second members, said hinge allowing said members to move from an open configuration to a closed configuration wherein said interior surfaces face each other and enclose an interior space; each said first member and second member having a complimentary latching element extending from its respective interior surface, said latching elements engaging with each other to maintain said first member and second member in said closed configuration, said latching elements being inaccessible when said members are in the closed configuration; a tack extending from said interior surface of either said first member or said second member, said tack located away from said latching elements and at an end of either said first member or said second member opposite to said hinge, said tack inserting into said item when said first member and said second member are closed on the item in said closed configuration, said tack and said closed configuration maintaining the tag attached to the item; and a continuous series of perforations in said first member, said continuous series of perforations allowing said first member to be manually parted from said second member to move into said open configuration by a forceful break along the perforations, to permit removal of the tag from the item without the use of any tool.