Electronic Baggage Tag
OwnerLewis FREEMAN, Jeremy GARDNER +3inventors
InventorsLewis FREEMAN, Jeremy GARDNER, Andrew ACTON, Peter COOKE, Martin THOMAS
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Abstract
An electronic baggage tag (1), for attachment to a baggage item (30) having a handle, comprises a housing (3) for a display screen (2) and a fastening (4, 6) for removably securing the housing (3) to the handle (20) such that the display screen (2) remains visible during handling of the baggage item (30).
Claims19
1-15. (canceled)
An electronic baggage tag for removable attachment to a handle of a baggage item, the tag comprising:
- a rigid housing for a display screen;
- a projection extending from one side of the housing;
- a flexible strap permanently attached at a first end thereof to the projection and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the side of the housing from which the projection projects;
- wherein the flexible strap is arranged to pass around the handle and to be removably attached at or around a second end thereof to the projection so as to secure the projection against the handle;
- and
- wherein a part of the rigid housing extends within the projection so as to strengthen the projection against bending when in use.
A method of securing an electronic baggage tag to a baggage item, the electronic baggage tag comprising a rigid housing for a display screen, a projection extending from one side of the housing and a flexible strap permanently attached at a first end thereof to the projection and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the side of the housing from which the projection projects;
- wherein a part of the rigid housing extends within the projection so as to strengthen the projection against bending when in use;
- the method comprising:
- positioning the baggage tag against the baggage item with the display screen facing outwards, passing the flexible strap around the handle;
- and
- removably attaching the flexible strap at or around a second end thereof to the projection so as to secure the projection against the handle.
A method of manufacturing an electronic baggage tag, the method comprising:
- providing a rigid housing for a display screen, the housing having a projection extending from one side of the housing;
- and
- attaching a flexible strap onto the rigid projection such that the strap extends in a direction substantially parallel to the side of the housing from which the projection projects;
- wherein a part of the rigid housing extends within the projection so as to strengthen the projection against bending when in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.