EP0651847B1 - Label against shoplifting of garments - Google Patents

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EP0651847B1
EP0651847B1 EP93915867A EP93915867A EP0651847B1 EP 0651847 B1 EP0651847 B1 EP 0651847B1 EP 93915867 A EP93915867 A EP 93915867A EP 93915867 A EP93915867 A EP 93915867A EP 0651847 B1 EP0651847 B1 EP 0651847B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B73/00—Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices
    • E05B73/0017—Anti-theft devices, e.g. tags or monitors, fixed to articles, e.g. clothes, and to be removed at the check-out of shops
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    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
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  • the invention relates to a label that can be attached easily and fast to garments or cloth, or any other product, which have to be protected, and which label can be removed easily and fast by personnel, without traces or damage.
  • the label is reusable.
  • security labels when attached to garments, can carry the weight of a chain, at least without tearing the cloth. Furthermore, security labels must be strong enough to resist, once stolen, the manual power of the shoplifter.
  • the label provided with a coil has become a classic.
  • One member of the label contains a 1.2 mm thick pin, the other member of the label comprises a hole, in which the pin is clasped by a jaw mechanism. The pin punctures the garment.
  • Such label can be shielded with aluminium foil which prevents detection and putting the alarm equipment into action. Two labels flat against each other also prevent detection.
  • Hogan's label US patent 5.054.172 has some drawbacks.
  • the pin is rough and may puncture thin cloth.
  • ink is spilled over the garment; the shoplifter will disappear undisturbed, leaving the garment behind useless. After this the label, too, is rendered useless.
  • US-PS 4,686,748 shows a clamp for attachment to a flexible sheet. This clamp is also not useful as a label against shoplifting. For a removal of the clamp from the flexible sheet the second part can be simply pulled out of the first part.
  • Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a label according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 show in a cross-sectional view the securing mechanism of the label of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 5 shows the inner workings of this label seen from above
  • Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal cross section of this label as well as the airgun
  • Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 show an alternative embodiment of the construction between the discs
  • Fig. 9 shows another embodiment of the invention in cross-sectional view
  • Fig. 10-12 show a further embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 13 shows still a further embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 14ag show a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 10-12 show a further embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 13 shows still a further embodiment of the invention
  • Fig. 14ag show a preferred embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 14a is a side view of the member of the device
  • Fig. 14b is a view of the member according to arrow 20 of Fig. 14g
  • Fig. 14c is a view of the member according to arrow 21 of Fig. 14g
  • Fig. 14d is a cross-sectional view according to line DD of Fig. 14c
  • Fig. 14e is aview of the substantially flat part
  • Fig. 14f is a view of the part according to arrow 21 of Fig. 14c
  • Fig. 14g is a cross-sectional view according to line GG of Fig. 14e.
  • the device according to Fig. 1 comprises two substantially flat members, the first member fits into the second member.
  • Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the two members with garment;
  • Fig. 2 shows a top view of the label.
  • the cloth covers the first part and has thus two S-curves.
  • the disc shaped members lie exactly in a plane. Therefore the different embodiments of the two members may secure the cloth there where the cloth has S-curves.
  • Fig. 3 and 4 show in a cross sectional view the securing mechanism.
  • the inner member is provided with a tongue which can protrude from the inner member.
  • the outer part has in the inner edge a complementary receiving gap. The construction eliminates the need for needles or pins.
  • This label is, for example, suited for plastic raincoats or leather clothing.
  • the tongue exerts enough pressure on the cloth to prevent the shoplifter from pulling the cloth free.
  • Fig. 3 shows the same as Fig. 4 but here numerous very small needle tips are mounted in the gap, and the tongue is provided over the full circumferential length, with a narrow groove. The groove has a width which is sufficient to prevent the occurrence of forces in case a shoplifter levers the label.
  • the label, including the tongue is manufactured of hard material, such as PVC, then it will be impossible for a thief to remove the label. Weight does not play an important part, thus this label can be fairly large to prevent shielding. If a coil is used, it may be anywhere on the outside edge.
  • Fig. 5 shows the inner workings of the label seen from above.
  • the tongues are moved by a rotatable ring with slots in which a part of the tongue catches.
  • the slots are not concentric. Rotation makes the slots work as wedges and the tongues will go in and out.
  • a spring arranges that the ring is in a position with the tongues "out". Air may be introduced via a hole with a kind of airgun making the ring turn and snapping a catch in an opening. The entity is then in a resting position and the label can be detached, stored and again attached to a garment.
  • the catch is constructed in such a way that in the said position a part protrudes from the inner edge. Personnel desiring to attach a label can do this without equipment, by placing one member on a table, putting the cloth over it, and subsequently the other member. The members lie in one plane and always fit.
  • Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal cross section as well as the airgun.
  • the airgun is provided with a switch which allows air to pass only in a depressed position of the switch.
  • the end of the airgun is closed. Air is ejected sideways. Projecting means ensure that the holes enter the label at the right position.
  • the label has two holes, and the gun ensures that the other hole is blocked.
  • Fig. 7 and 8 show an alternatiVe embodiment of the construction between the discs.
  • the cloth is bent less, thus making a less crumpled impression.
  • levering there will be forces on the needles.
  • the needles As the needles are near the opening in which they are received, and therefore only free over the thickness of the cloth, there will be a considerable force necessary to bend or break the needles.
  • the working point and the supporting point are 1 mm from each other, a needle with a thickness of 0.5 mm can resist a 10 kg force. With twelve needles distributed over the circumference the shoplifter will have to be able to exert a 60 kg force on one side with his thumbs, which is unlikely.
  • Fig. 9 shows another embodiment in cross-sectional view.
  • the larger second disc is replaced by a disc which is slightly larger than the inner disc.
  • the outer disc has an edge which has been bent back over 180 degrees.
  • Fig. 10 shows a simple but effective embodiment. From Fig. 11 it can be seen that the inner part possesses two oblique edges. In this embodiment no tongues and wedges are used. The personnel should slide the two parts with cloth in between into each other during attachment of the label. In the first part there is a notch in which a bulge may be engaged. Before this notch there is a part that can be depressed slightly by the bulge during assembly. The shoplifter has no way to slide the label back. Personnel can, with an apparatus, for example a magnet, retract the part near the notch and thus detach the label.
  • an apparatus for example a magnet
  • Fig. 13 shows the possibility to make the groove in the securing jaw, as well as the inner part, slightly tapered. The back of the bulge is serrated. In this way the label is attached optimally with any cloth thickness.
  • Figs. 1, 2 1. Inner member. 2. Cloth. 3. Outer member. Figs. 3, 4: 1. Part of label. 2. Cloth. 3. Other part of label. 4. Very thin needle. 5.
  • Fig. 5, 6 1a. Thin section of stationary part. 1b. Thick section. 1c. Hole. 3. Second member of label. 4. Very thin needle. 5a. Section of working part (tongue) contacting the cloth. 5. Bridge to 5c. Section that catches in a slot 6a. Thin section of rotatable ring with slot. 6b. Thick section. 7. Spring. 8. Catch. 9a. airgun. 9b. Projecting means. 9c. Holes. 9d. Switch. 10. Tubing. 11. Compressor. Figs.
  • FIG. 14a-g A further embodiment of the invention is elucidated by Figs. 14a-g.
  • the member has an upper side 23 and a lower side 24.
  • the lower side 24 is provided with two projecting segments 25 and 26 defining a wedge shaped recess 27.
  • the edges 28 of the segments 25 of 26, forming the wedge shape, are undercut in such a way that it forms a concave surface which can clasp the substantially flat part as is shown in Fig. 14e, 14f and 14g.
  • the lower side of the member, between the two projecting segments 25 and 26 is provided with a hole 29 in which protrusion 30 of the substantially flat part can reach.
  • Arrow 31 shows how part 32 of Fig. 14e can slide in the member as shown in Fig. 14c.
  • a catching means 33 is shown in the hole 29 (Fig. 14c).
  • This catching means 33 is a metal element which is connected to the member by a resilient strip 34, so that the said element is urged downwardly by the resilient strip 34.
  • the resilient strip 34 will urge metal element 33 back into its original position, so that it catches protrusion 30 and the part is blocked in the member.
  • a flexible layer of material for example a piece of cloth, can be inserted between the part 32 and the member, so that the device is attached to the layer of material.
  • the part 32 is provided with recesses 32 to provide for an antiskid surface to facilitate operation by a finger.
  • Part 32 can be made stiff, so that it cannot be removed by a screwdriver or so.
  • Metal element 33 can be lifted by a special magnet to remove the device foam the layer of material.
  • Element 33 may also be lifted by other known means, in that case it can be made of other material than metal.
  • other means for clasping the substantially flat part in the member can be used in a similar way.
  • the device can be provided with any detectable means, which is not shown in Fig. 14a-14g.
  • the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Within the scope of the invention several variations are possible. In particular the right is reserved with respect to detectable elements to be built in, as well as passive security such as: indelible ink or corrosive acid.

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Abstract

Small, reusable device for protection of garments against shoplifting. The device, a label, can be attached and removed by personnel fast and easily. The label leaves no traces or damage. The label cannot be removed by shoplifters without damaging the garment. The label can be provided with a chain secured to the floor, or by conventional means.

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The invention relates to a label that can be attached easily and fast to garments or cloth, or any other product, which have to be protected, and which label can be removed easily and fast by personnel, without traces or damage. The label is reusable.
The label has several embodiments and corresponding uses:
  • 1. The label as ordinary label, without further built-in equipment;
  • 2. The label provided with equipment, which in conjunction with further equipment brings about an alarm signal when the label, thus with stolen garments, threatens to leave the shop; for example, a coil in conjunction with an antenna near the exit;
  • 3. the label can be attached to a secured chain;
  • 4. the label is provided with a capsule with ink or acid, which bursts when the thief tries to detach the label.
    • A well assorted shop will prefer a combination. For example, with underpants type 1, with sweaters type 2, with leather coats type 3, on garments displayed outside type 4.
    Many security labels are known and come with their specific draw-backs. Existing labels are produced as type 2, type 4, or a combination of type 2 and type 4.
    It is important that security labels when attached to garments, can carry the weight of a chain, at least without tearing the cloth. Furthermore, security labels must be strong enough to resist, once stolen, the manual power of the shoplifter.
    The label provided with a coil has become a classic. One member of the label contains a 1.2 mm thick pin, the other member of the label comprises a hole, in which the pin is clasped by a jaw mechanism. The pin punctures the garment. Such label can be shielded with aluminium foil which prevents detection and putting the alarm equipment into action. Two labels flat against each other also prevent detection.
    Labels exclusively with ink should serve a precautionary purpose. It turned out that this does not always work, or only for cheap articles which are roughly as expensive as the label itself. Several labels comprise a combination of ink and signalization. The label of Custavsson US patent 4.483.049, with a built-in coil according to Heaton US patent 4.649.397, has the following draw-backs: It can only be attached to the edge of the cloth and may, consequently, be cut out easily. It takes new personnel one day to learn how to unlock this label. It can be shielded from detection manually. It is expensive.
    Hogan's label US patent 5.054.172 has some drawbacks. The pin is rough and may puncture thin cloth. When a shoplifter unfamiliar with this label tries to remove the label, ink is spilled over the garment; the shoplifter will disappear undisturbed, leaving the garment behind useless. After this the label, too, is rendered useless.
    It is an object of the present invention to create a device for temporary attachment to goods having flexible material for the protection thereof against theft which leaves no punctures, which can be too large to cut out or to shield and which is impossible for the thief to remove when produced from sturdy material, which is also easy to manufacture and thus cheap.
    According to the invention this is achieved by a device with the features of claim 1.
    From US-PS 4,686,748 there is known a purse which is secured against theft by fastening it on the inside of a garment with the help of a magnet. This purse has some structural features which are similar to the device of the invention, however, it is not a label against shoplifting.
    US-PS 4,686,748 shows a clamp for attachment to a flexible sheet. This clamp is also not useful as a label against shoplifting. For a removal of the clamp from the flexible sheet the second part can be simply pulled out of the first part.
    Several embodiments of the invention will be described in the figures.
    Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a label according to a first embodiment of the invention, Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 show in a cross-sectional view the securing mechanism of the label of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 shows the inner workings of this label seen from above, Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal cross section of this label as well as the airgun, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 show an alternative embodiment of the construction between the discs, Fig. 9 shows another embodiment of the invention in cross-sectional view, Fig. 10-12 show a further embodiment of the invention, Fig. 13 shows still a further embodiment of the invention, Fig. 14ag show a preferred embodiment of the invention, Fig. 14a is a side view of the member of the device, Fig. 14b is a view of the member according to arrow 20 of Fig. 14g, Fig. 14c is a view of the member according to arrow 21 of Fig. 14g, Fig. 14d is a cross-sectional view according to line DD of Fig. 14c, Fig. 14e is aview of the substantially flat part, Fig. 14f is a view of the part according to arrow 21 of Fig. 14c, Fig. 14g is a cross-sectional view according to line GG of Fig. 14e.
    The device according to Fig. 1 comprises two substantially flat members, the first member fits into the second member. Fig. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of the two members with garment; Fig. 2 shows a top view of the label. In the installed position the cloth covers the first part and has thus two S-curves. The disc shaped members lie exactly in a plane. Therefore the different embodiments of the two members may secure the cloth there where the cloth has S-curves. Fig. 3 and 4 show in a cross sectional view the securing mechanism. The inner member is provided with a tongue which can protrude from the inner member. The outer part has in the inner edge a complementary receiving gap. The construction eliminates the need for needles or pins. This label is, for example, suited for plastic raincoats or leather clothing. In this embodiment the tongue exerts enough pressure on the cloth to prevent the shoplifter from pulling the cloth free. Fig. 3 shows the same as Fig. 4 but here numerous very small needle tips are mounted in the gap, and the tongue is provided over the full circumferential length, with a narrow groove. The groove has a width which is sufficient to prevent the occurrence of forces in case a shoplifter levers the label. Provided the label, including the tongue, is manufactured of hard material, such as PVC, then it will be impossible for a thief to remove the label. Weight does not play an important part, thus this label can be fairly large to prevent shielding. If a coil is used, it may be anywhere on the outside edge. The old trick of shoplifters to place two labels with the coils against each other, which prevents detection, would not work, because with the label according to the invention the shoplifter does not know where the coil resides in the label, so this trick would only work by chance. Fig. 5 shows the inner workings of the label seen from above. The tongues are moved by a rotatable ring with slots in which a part of the tongue catches. The slots are not concentric. Rotation makes the slots work as wedges and the tongues will go in and out.
    Forces on the tongue cannot move the ring. A spring arranges that the ring is in a position with the tongues "out". Air may be introduced via a hole with a kind of airgun making the ring turn and snapping a catch in an opening. The entity is then in a resting position and the label can be detached, stored and again attached to a garment. The catch is constructed in such a way that in the said position a part protrudes from the inner edge. Personnel desiring to attach a label can do this without equipment, by placing one member on a table, putting the cloth over it, and subsequently the other member. The members lie in one plane and always fit. If the catch is pressed the tongues will project into the second member and the label is attached in a shoplifting-resisting position. We expect the thief not to possess a suitable airgun. To prevent the thief from using iron wire to turn the ring, blocking means have been provided to prevent this.
    Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal cross section as well as the airgun. The airgun is provided with a switch which allows air to pass only in a depressed position of the switch. The end of the airgun is closed. Air is ejected sideways. Projecting means ensure that the holes enter the label at the right position. The label has two holes, and the gun ensures that the other hole is blocked.
    Fig. 7 and 8 show an alternatiVe embodiment of the construction between the discs. Here the cloth is bent less, thus making a less crumpled impression. In case of levering there will be forces on the needles. As the needles are near the opening in which they are received, and therefore only free over the thickness of the cloth, there will be a considerable force necessary to bend or break the needles. If the working point and the supporting point are 1 mm from each other, a needle with a thickness of 0.5 mm can resist a 10 kg force. With twelve needles distributed over the circumference the shoplifter will have to be able to exert a 60 kg force on one side with his thumbs, which is unlikely.
    Fig. 9 shows another embodiment in cross-sectional view. Here the larger second disc is replaced by a disc which is slightly larger than the inner disc. The outer disc has an edge which has been bent back over 180 degrees.
    Fig. 10 shows a simple but effective embodiment. From Fig. 11 it can be seen that the inner part possesses two oblique edges. In this embodiment no tongues and wedges are used. The personnel should slide the two parts with cloth in between into each other during attachment of the label. In the first part there is a notch in which a bulge may be engaged. Before this notch there is a part that can be depressed slightly by the bulge during assembly. The shoplifter has no way to slide the label back. Personnel can, with an apparatus, for example a magnet, retract the part near the notch and thus detach the label.
    Fig. 13 shows the possibility to make the groove in the securing jaw, as well as the inner part, slightly tapered. The back of the bulge is serrated. In this way the label is attached optimally with any cloth thickness.
    Component designation belonging to Figs. 1-13
    Figs. 1, 2: 1. Inner member. 2. Cloth. 3. Outer member.
    Figs. 3, 4: 1. Part of label. 2. Cloth. 3. Other part of label. 4. Very thin needle. 5. Working part (tongue).
    Fig. 5, 6: 1a. Thin section of stationary part. 1b. Thick section. 1c. Hole. 3. Second member of label. 4. Very thin needle. 5a. Section of working part (tongue) contacting the cloth. 5. Bridge to 5c. Section that catches in a slot 6a. Thin section of rotatable ring with slot. 6b. Thick section. 7. Spring. 8. Catch. 9a. airgun. 9b. Projecting means. 9c. Holes. 9d. Switch. 10. Tubing. 11. Compressor.
    Figs. 7, 8: 1. Member of label. 2. Cloth. 3. Other member of label. 4. Sturdy needle. 5. Working part.
    Figs. 9: 1. Inner member of label. 2. Cloth. 3. Outer member. 4. Very thin needle. 5. Working part.
    Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13: 1a. Wedge-shaped part of label. 1b. Bulge. 1c. Serrated edge. 2. Cloth. 3. Wedge-shaped outer member. 4. Very thin needle. 7. Spring. 8. Depressible catch. 12. Magnet.
    Fig. 14. 2. Garment. 3. Attached label. 13. Chain. 14. Securing.
    A further embodiment of the invention is elucidated by Figs. 14a-g.
    The member has an upper side 23 and a lower side 24. The lower side 24 is provided with two projecting segments 25 and 26 defining a wedge shaped recess 27. The edges 28 of the segments 25 of 26, forming the wedge shape, are undercut in such a way that it forms a concave surface which can clasp the substantially flat part as is shown in Fig. 14e, 14f and 14g.
    The lower side of the member, between the two projecting segments 25 and 26 is provided with a hole 29 in which protrusion 30 of the substantially flat part can reach. Arrow 31 shows how part 32 of Fig. 14e can slide in the member as shown in Fig. 14c.
    A catching means 33 is shown in the hole 29 (Fig. 14c). This catching means 33 is a metal element which is connected to the member by a resilient strip 34, so that the said element is urged downwardly by the resilient strip 34. When the substantially flat part 32 is shifted in the recess 27 of the member according to arrow 31, the protrusion 30 will lift the metal element 33. After the part is shifted into the recess 27 to be fixed by the undercut of edges 28, the resilient strip 34 will urge metal element 33 back into its original position, so that it catches protrusion 30 and the part is blocked in the member. A flexible layer of material, for example a piece of cloth, can be inserted between the part 32 and the member, so that the device is attached to the layer of material.
    The part 32 is provided with recesses 32 to provide for an antiskid surface to facilitate operation by a finger.
    Part 32 can be made stiff, so that it cannot be removed by a screwdriver or so.
    Metal element 33 can be lifted by a special magnet to remove the device foam the layer of material. Element 33 may also be lifted by other known means, in that case it can be made of other material than metal. Of course, other means for clasping the substantially flat part in the member can be used in a similar way.
    The device can be provided with any detectable means, which is not shown in Fig. 14a-14g.
    The invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Within the scope of the invention several variations are possible. In particular the right is reserved with respect to detectable elements to be built in, as well as passive security such as: indelible ink or corrosive acid.

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    1. A device for temporary attachment to goods having flexible material (2) for the protection thereof against theft, comprising a first part (3, 40) and a second part (1, 32) which are adapted for clamping there-between a layer of the flexible material of the good, said first part (3, 40) having a side (24) with a recess (27) formed therein, said second part (1, 32) being complementary to said recess (27) of said first part (3, 40) and adapted to be inserted in said recess (27), said recess (27) of said first part (3, 40) being bounded laterally by undercut rigid side walls, said recess (27) and said second part (1, 32) being additionally provided with locking means (5, 8, 29, 30) for mechanically locking said second part (1, 32) in said recess (27) of said first part (3, 40) with the layer of material (2) clasped in between, whereby said second part (1, 32) is blocked against movement out of said recess (27), said locking means being releasable only by an adapted unlocking means such as a strong magnet (12) or an airgun (9a).
    2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that said first part (3, 40) is substantially flat and said recess (27) has a wedge shape as seen parallel to said flat side.
    3. A device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that said second part (1, 32) is adapted to be inserted slidably in said recess of said first part by a linear movement of said second part (1, 32) parallel to the clasped layer of material.
    4. A device according one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said locking means comprise a protrusion (16, 30) formed on said second part (1, 32) and an indentation (29) formed in said recess (27).
    5. A device according to claim 4, characterized in that said indentation and said protrusion (16) are formed such that said second part (1) can be locked in said recess at a plurality of positions relative to said first part (3).
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