ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,044, issued on April 21, was assigned to Control Group Cos. LLC (Bridgewater, N.J.).
"Alarm tag with combination access" was invented by Wang Hexiao (Xiaoshan, China), Brian Mark Diplock (Far Hills, N.J.) and Thomas John Meehan (Woodcliff Lake, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alarm tag having a housing, a shackle and an electronic circuit within the housing having a lock alarm, the shackle being lockable to the housing to provide a locked condition of the alarm tag. The lock alarm includes combination locking structure that enables the alarm tag to be unlocked without the use of a separate key or detachment device. The lock a...