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US 2006/0186210 A1Published application
Sleeve-type RFID tag
AssigneeSDGI Holdings, Inc.
InventorsSteven Tethrake, Robert Varner, Jeffrey Nycz, Paul Elliott
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Abstract
An RFID tag that is integrated into a substantially cylindrically-shaped structure that can be attached to an object to be identified through radio frequency identification techniques by sliding the substantially cylindrically-shaped structure over at least a portion of the object.
Claims32
An RFID tag comprising:
- a resilient tubular sleeve portion;
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- an RFID transponder circuit comprising an antenna, a microprocessor and a memory structure secured to a surface of the resilient tubular sleeve portion, wherein the resilient tubular sleeve portion is open on at least one end and adapted to be slid around a portion of an object to be tagged and to conform to the shape of the portion of the object through resiliency, and the antenna circumscribes an opening defined by the resilient tubular sleeve portion at least one time.
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The tag according to claim, wherein the antenna is a wire loop-type antenna.
A reusable RFID tag comprising:
- a resilient tubular sleeve structure;
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- an RFID circuit comprising an antenna, a microprocessor and a digital memory structure, secured to the resilient tubular sleeve structure, wherein the resilient tubular sleeve structure is open on at least one end and adapted to be slid around an object to be tagged and to conform to the shape and of the object through resiliency, and the antenna circumscribes an opening defined by the resilient tubular sleeve portion at least one time.
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A method of manufacturing a reusable RFID identification tag comprising:
- forming a predetermined length of resilient tubular material to create a resilient tubular sleeve structure having an opening at each end;
- attaching an RFID transponder circuit to a surface of the resilient tubular sleeve structure, the RFID circuit comprising an antenna, a processor and a digital memory structure, wherein attaching comprises encasing the antenna between layers of the resilient tubular sleeve structure so as to circumscribe the resilient tubular sleeve structure at least one time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.