Patent ID: 6308539
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
An article protection tag comprising:a first housing defining a compartment therein;an EAS memer disposed in said compartment; anda second housing separate from said first housing,said first and second housings jointly defining means for locking said first housing to said second housing with any one of a plurality of predetermined fixed spacings between facing surfaces of said first and second housings interiorly of said locking means,said locking means comprising first and second mutay spaced locking members extending from one of said first and second housings for respectively receiving and retaining said first and second locking members, wherein said first housing is elongate and wherein the direction of locking of said first housing and said second housing is longitudinal of said first housing, wherein said locking members comprise first and second ratchet members extending longitudinally from said facing source of said first housing with a preselected transverse spacing therebetween.