Identification band with adhesively attached coupling elements

An identification band, comprising:

• an elongated flexible strap formed from a dielectric material and having a head end and a tail end;
• a communication circuit carried by said strap, said communication circuit including a pair of electronic coupling elements disposed on one side of said strap generally at said head and tail ends thereof;
• and
• an adhesive layer overlying one of said electronic coupling elements, said adhesive layer being for securing said strap head and tail ends in overlapping relation with said pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation, to configure said strap into a closed loop shape of selected circumferential size;
• at least one of said electronic coupling elements being physically altered in response to attempted forced separation of said adhesively secured strap head and tail ends to correspondingly alter at least one characteristic of said communication circuit.

A method of making an identification band, said method comprising the steps of:

• mounting a communication circuit onto an elongated flexible strap, wherein the communication circuit includes a pair of electronic coupling elements respectively positioned generally at head and tail ends of the strap;
• wrapping the band into a closed loop shaped extending about a portion of a selected person or object, with the strap head and tail ends in overlapping relation;
• and
• adhesively interconnecting said strap and tail ends in overlapping relation with the pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation to enable the communication circuit, wherein attempted forced separation of the adhesively secured strap head and tail ends physically alters at least one of the electronic coupling elements.