Patent ID: 8223022

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 attachment pin structured to pass through the product into a locking position, said locking position comprising said attachment pin passing into said base and into removable locking engagement with said locking assembly when in said locking orientation, a release member movably disposed within said base and structured for gripping engagement with an externally applied detachment assembly, said release member disposed into a displacing engagement with at least a portion of said locking assembly upon said gripping engagement of said release member with the detachment assembly, and said gripping engagement being at least partially defined by sufficient frictional engagement between said detachment assembly and said release member to maintain an outwardly directed pulling force on said release member at least until said locking assembly is out of said locking orientation.