ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,297, issued on March 3, was assigned to Sekura Global IP LLP (Colchester, Great Britain).
"Security tag" was invented by David Christianson (Charlotte, N.C.) and Ben Perreau (Matthews, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A security tag for use in a retail environment comprises a main body housing circuitry, the circuitry comprising an oscillator module connected to a buzzer for producing an audible alarm and a switch, and an elongate lanyard extending from the main body and including a normally closed sense loop electrically connected to the circuitry. The switch comprises a transistor. The circuitry is configured such that if the la...