ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,850, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Sensormatic Electronics LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"Ball and socket security tag" was invented by Channing E. Miller (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Simon Rossi (Boca Raton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article security device that is selectively removable from an article, the article security device may include a security tag and an elongate member movably connected with the security tag and having an elongate member first end and a elongate member second end. The elongate member may be configured to contain or to be contained by at least a portion of the article. The security device may further...