Patent ID: 8269631

Claim:
An anti-theft tag comprising; a first component hingably connected to a second component, said first and second components rotatable between an open and closed state and, when in said closed state defining a passageway for receipt of a portion of an article to be protected; a housing attached to said first component, said housing having a top, a bottom and at least one side defining an internal compartment, said top having a centrally located elongated button aperture, an elongated hook aperture generally parallel to said button aperture, and a switch aperture; a latch located interior of said housing beneath said top, said sliding latch being attached through said button aperture to a button located over said button aperture and movable between an engaged and unengaged position, said latch having at least one latch hook protruding out said hook aperture; electronics located within said internal compartment, said electronics comprising a cover switch, said cover switch extending through said switch aperture in said top; a cover attached to said second component, said cover, when said first and second components are in said closed state, at least partially covering said top of said housing and actuating said cover switch, and having at least one latch receiver located to allow engagement by said at least one latch hook when said latch is in said engaged position.