Patent ID: 8590349

Claim:
A security tag assembly structured to restrict unauthorized removal of a product from an area, said security tag assembly comprising: a base including a locking assembly, said locking assembly structured to be biased into a locking orientation, a tag member including an elongated connector member structured to pass through the product and into a locking position, said locking position comprising said connector member passing into said base and into a removable locking engagement with said locking assembly when in said locking position, a release assembly disposed within said base, said release assembly comprising a displacement structure, said displacement structure comprising first and second members connected to one another via at least one biasing connector, said first and second members being disposed in a coaxially movable relation with one another via said at least one biasing connector, said first member of said release assembly being structured for movable disposition in a first direction via an externally applied detachment assembly, said second member being disposable in a second, opposite direction via said at least one biasing connector and into a displacing engagement with at least a portion of said locking assembly upon movable engagement of said first member in said first direction, and said displacing engagement being sufficient to dispose said locking assembly out of said locking orientation relative to said connector member.