Patent ID: 8590348

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 a locking orientation, a release assembly disposed within said base, said release assembly comprising first and second members disposed in a movable interlocked relation with one another, said first member of said release assembly being structured for movable disposition upon engagement by an externally applied detachment assembly, said second member being disposed into a displacing engagement with at least a portion of said locking assembly upon movable engagement of said first member with the detachment assembly, and said displacing engagement sufficient to dispose said locking assembly out of said locking orientation relative to said connector member, and said first member of said release assembly including at least one receiving channel structured for engagement with the detachment assembly.