Patent ID: 6731212
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tag device comprising a tag body and a wire having a base end fixed to the tag body and a forward end connected to the tag body as releasably locked thereto, the wire being provided at its forward end with a lock pin having a thick rod portion at an axially outer end of a thin rod portion, the tag body comprising a case having a pin insertion hole permitting the lock pin to pass therethrough, and a latch member disposed inside the case and engageable with the lock pin when the lock pin is inserted through the hole, the latch member comprising a main body supported inside the case and reciprocatingly movable in directions orthogonal to the direction of insertion of the lock pin, and a pair of opposed resilient spring pieces integrally formed on the main body and being elastically oppositely shiftable in directions intersecting the direction of insertion of the lock pin permitting the spring pieces to engage the thin rod portion of the lock pin in an inserted position to prevent the thick rod portion from moving in a slipping-off direction when moved in one direction to a limit position, and means operative to move the latch member in the reciprocatingly movable directions for moving the spring pieces thereon away from the thin rod portion of the lock pin to allow the thick rod portion to move in the slipping-off direction when moved away from the limit position.