Patent ID: 7523630

Claim:
A security tag assembly structured to discourage the unauthorized removal of merchandise from a given area, said security tag comprising: a) a housing including separable portions removably connected to one another in an operative position along a continuous peripheral seam, b) a connector member secured to an interior of said housing and structured to pass through and connect the merchandise to said housing, c) a locking assembly removably securable to said connector member and cooperatively structured therewith to removably secure said separable portions in continuous, substantially confronting relation along said peripheral seam in said operative position, d) an interior housing section having a continuous periphery disposed within one of said separable portions and having an exterior surface extending outwardly from said one separable portion into the other of said separable portions, e) said exterior surface having a substantially continuously curved configuration extending into the other of said separable portions in inwardly spaced relation to said peripheral seam, f) an indicator assembly including a plurality of indicator structures comprising breakable ink ampules containing a staining agent disposed within and in enclosed relation to said interior housing section, g) said interior housing section comprising a plurality of openings disposed and structured to establish passage of said staining agent to the merchandise upon breaking of at least one of said plurality of ink ampules when said separable portions are in said operative position, and h) a shield assembly disposed within said housing in at least partially enclosing relation to said locking assembly and structured to restrict unauthorized access to said locking assembly and an interior of said separable portions from the exterior of said housing.