Patent ID: 8704664

Claim:
An anti-theft tag for use with a product having one or more ridges, the tag comprising: a base constructed and arranged to support an electronic article surveillance sensor; a body including a product engagement portion having an opening configured and sized to receive a portion of the product therein; a locking member including a flexible portion constructed and arranged to move over the one or more ridges in a first direction and to engage the one or more ridges in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to deter removal of the tag from the product; and a detachment section including a channel having a first end constrained by the detachment section and a second end that extends into the opening of the body, the detachment section being constructed and arranged to be cut by a consumer; wherein to remove the tag from engagement with the product, at least a portion of the detachment section is severed from the body such that the first end of the channel becomes un-constrained in order that the opening may be expanded to remove the engagement portion from the product.