Patent ID: 8242910
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: E05B,G08B

Abstract:
1. A security system for discouraging unauthorized removal of merchandise from a given area, said security system comprising: a security tag assembly comprising at least one attachment member and at least one base, said attachment member and said base being connectable in an operative position relative to the merchandise, said security tag assembly further comprising a connector member structured to interconnect said attachment member and said base in said operative position, wherein said security tag assembly further comprises a locking assembly; said locking assembly comprising a locking member mounted within said attachment member, a detachment assembly disposable in a removably engaging relation with said security tag assembly and structured to detach said base and said attachment member out of said operative position, said detachment assembly comprising least one detachment structure disposable in an at least partially forced engagement with said connector member of said security tag assembly, said at least one detachment structure being structured to at least partially separate said base from said attachment member via disposition of said detachment structure in said at least partially forced engagement with said connector member of said security tag assembly, said detachment structure being disposable in a forced engagement with said locking member and being structured to destructively remove said attachment member from said base, said detachment structure comprising a drive shaft having an at least partially hollow interior configuration disposed adjacent a free, open end of said drive shaft, and said at least partially hollow interior configuration of said drive shaft being dimensioned and configured to assume a covering relation to at least a portion of said connector member of said security tag assembly.