Patent ID: 6535130
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: E05B

Abstract:
An electronic article surveillance tag, comprising:a tag body having a first opening leading into the interior of said tag body; preventing means within said tag body for releasably preventing a tack assembly having an elongated tack body and a tack head from being withdrawn from said tag body, said elongated tack body being receivable in said first opening of said tag body and insertable into said tag body; means within said tag body defining an arcuate channel leading from the exterior of said tag body to said preventing means, said arcuate channel being adapted to receive and guide an arcuate probe to said preventing means for releasing said preventing means from preventing said elongated tack body from being withdrawn from said tag body when therein; a detectable electronic article surveillance sensor disposed in said tag body; and, shield means disposed in said tag body adjacent said sensor and extending substantially the full length of said sensor for preventing insertion of an instrument through said tag body into said sensor.