THEFT DETERRENT DEVICE WITH INTEGRAL LANYARD ATTACHMENT MEANS

摘要

A theft deterrent device (10) to be secured to. an article includes an EAS tag body (20) which has an opening (25) adapted to receive a portion of an attachment element, such as a tack or pin. An attachment element comprises flexible cable or lanyard (15) having a first end and a second end, the second end terminating in a loop (30), and the first end having a tack head (22) and pin (24) attached thereto for locking insertion into the EAS tag body. In use, the first end can be threaded through the loop to engage an article to be secured, and then inserted into the opening in the EAS tag body for locked engagement. The flexible cable can be flexible twisted multi-fiber steel wire. In another embodiment, a lanyard is fixedly attached to an EAS tag body, with the free distal end of the lanyard terminating in a pin for. insertion into EAS tag body.