Merchandise tags incorporating a wireless communication device
AssigneeAvery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
InventorIan J. FORSTER
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for labeling a piece of merchandise with a wireless communication device. In addition to a wireless communication device, the merchandise tag includes an associated label made of a washable fabric material. The wireless communication device is incorporated into the label and includes an RFID chip and a slot-loop hybrid antenna, with the antenna including a conductor sheet that defines a slot. The label is secured to a piece of merchandise at a sew line, with the sew line dividing the label into an upper portion and a lower portion. The RFID chip and the slot of the antenna are positioned within the upper portion of the label, which may itself be positioned within a seam or neckline or waistband of the piece of merchandise.
Claims13
A merchandise tag comprising:
- a label formed of a fabric material;
- a wireless communication device incorporated into the label and including an RFID chip, and
- a slot-loop hybrid antenna electrically coupled to the RFID chip and including a conductor sheet defining a slot;
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- a sew line at which the label is secured to a piece of merchandise, wherein
- the sew line divides the label into an upper portion and a lower portion,
- the upper portion of the label is smaller than the lower portion of the label, and
- the RFID chip and the slot of the antenna are positioned within the upper portion of the label.
A labeled piece of merchandise, comprising:
- a piece of merchandise including a seam or neckline or waistband;
- a merchandise tag secured to the piece of merchandise at a sew line, which divides the merchandise tag into an upper portion positioned within the seam or neckline or waistband and a lower portion positioned outside of the seam or neckline or waistband, the merchandise tag including
- a label formed of a fabric material;
- a wireless communication device incorporated into the label and including
- an RFID chip and a slot-loop hybrid antenna electrically coupled to the RFID chip and including a conductor sheet defining a slot, wherein the RFID chip and the slot of the antenna are positioned within the upper portion of the label.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.