Patent ID: 7583195
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: B65D,E05B,G08B,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for attachment to a container, having first and second container ends and a container wall, onto which a security tag is desired to be secured, the first and second container ends having diameters that are larger than the container wall diameter, said apparatus comprising: two portions having respective first ends pivotally coupled together, and wherein each of said two portions comprises an outwardly extending flange for engaging either one of the first or second container ends; a latching mechanism disposed on one of said two portions that cooperates with the other one of said two portions to latch said two portions together to secure said two portions to either one of the first or second container ends, said latching mechanism being releasable only via a detacher being positioned in close proximity with said latching mechanism; and a security tag associated with one of said two portions, said tag being capable of receiving a transmitted electromagnetic signal over the air from a transmitter and for returning a desired discernable electromagnetic signal to a receiver.