Tamper Evident Identification Tag and Method
AssigneeKenco Label & Tag Co., LLC
InventorAharon A. Karan
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Abstract
A tamper evident identification tag and a method are provided. The tag includes inner and outer layers. A tab is integral with and extends from at least one of the inner layer and the outer layer and though an article. A unique code associated with an article is printed on a first portion of the inner layer. The outer layer is configured to be foldable such that with a second portion of the inner layer removed from a second portion of the outer layer, the inner surface of the second portion of the outer layer is configured to be bound to the outer surface of the first portion of the inner layer so as to capture the first portion of the inner layer and a portion of the tab with the terminal end extending through an aperture between the first and second portions of the outer layer.
Claims28
An identification tag, comprising:
- an outer layer having first and second portions, an inner surface and an outer surface;
- an adhesive disposed on the first and second portions of the inner surface of the outer layer;
- an inner layer having first and second portions, an inner surface, and an outer surface, the inner surface of the first portion of the inner layer being bound to the inner surface of the first portion of the outer layer by the adhesive and the inner surface of the second portion of the inner layer being removeably affixed to the inner surface of the second portion of the outer layer;
- a tab integral with and extending from at least one of the inner layer and the outer layer, the tab having a terminal end receivable in an aperture extending through the inner and outer layers;
- a unique code associated with an article printed on the first portion of the inner layer;
- wherein:
- the outer layer is configured to be foldable such that with the second portion of the inner layer removed from the second portion of the outer layer, the inner surface of the second portion of the outer layer is configured to be bound to outer surface of the first portion of the inner layer so as to capture the first portion of the inner layer and a portion of the tab with the terminal end extending through the aperture between the first and second portions of the outer layer;
- and
- the unique code on the first portion of the inner layer is viewable through the outer layer with the first portion of the inner layer captured between the first and second portions of the outer layer.
A method of associating an identification tag with an article, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the identification tag with first and second layers laminated to each other and a tab extending therefrom, the second layer including first and second portions;
- inserting the tab through the article at a user selected location thereof, positioning a portion of the tab on the first portion of the second layer of the identification tag;
- removing the second portion of the second layer to expose an adhesive on a second portion of the first layer;
- and
- folding the second portion of the first layer of the identification tag over a first portion of the first layer so as to capture the first portion of the second layer between the first and second portions of the first layer and to capture the portion of the tab between the first portion of the second layer and the second portion of the first layer of the identification tag thereby retaining the article on the tab.
A method of associating an individual with an article utilizing an identification tag, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the identification tag with first and second layers laminated to each other and a tab extending therefrom, the second layer including first and second portions and the tab having a first end interconnected to at least one of the first and second layers, a second end, a first portion adjacent the first adjacent the first end, a second portion adjacent the first portion and a third portion between the second portion and the second end;
- providing a unique code associated with an article on the first portion of the second layer;
- providing the unique code associated with an article on the second portion of the second layer;
- inserting the tab through the article at a user selected location thereof;
- inserting the second end of the tab though an aperture extending through the first and second layers;
- positioning the second portion of the tab on the first portion of the second layer of the identification tag;
- removing the second portion of the second layer to expose an adhesive on a second portion of the first layer;
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- folding the second portion of the first layer of the identification tag over a first portion of the first layer so as to capture the first portion of the second layer between the first and second portions of the first layer and to capture the second portion of the tab between the second portion of the first layer and the first portion of the second layer of the identification tag such that the first portion of the tab defines a loop receiving the article thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.