Patent ID: 6023951
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: E05B,G06Q,Y10T

Abstract:
In a method for securing an article (5) against theft wherein a pin (11) having a broad head is pushed through the article (5) to be secured and on an opposite side of the article (5) is inserted into a retaining part (10), wherein the pin (11) is held in the retaining part (10) under an effect of a retaining force field by at least two wedging elements (17, 18) which can be wedged against one another and against the pin (11), and the pin (11) is secured against withdrawal, the article (5) is released by the wedging elements (17, 18) being released by the magnetic field so that the pin (11) may be removed from the retaining part (10) and from the secured article (5), the improving comprising:two permanent magnets (15, 16) producing a retaining force field and the releasing magnetic field, the permanent magnets (15, 16) arranged in the retaining part (10), wherein the retaining force field for attaching the pin (11) and the retaining part (10) on the article (5), by way of magnetic pole reversal of one of the permanent magnets (15 or 16), becomes a releasing magnetic field.