Tamper-resistant identification device

In an identification device, the combination of:

• an elongated, flexible band for encircling an object to be identified, said flexible band having a first end portion, an intermediate portion, and a second end portion, said first end portion having at least two spaced apertures adjacent the terminus thereof, said second end portion having at least two spaced apertures adapted to be aligned with at least two spaced apertures in said first end portion;
• and dual securement means insertible in said aligned apertures of said first and second end portions to securely fasten and retain said first and second end portions when said flexible band is positioned in an encircling configuration, said securement means comprising rivet stud means insertible through said aligned openings and having upper extremities crimped into overlying relationship with the contiguous portion of said flexible band, said rivet stud means being integral with a mounting plate and said mounting plate having integral flange portions adjacent each end thereof, said flange portions being of deformable metal and having annular, apertured portions to be deformed to encompass said rivet studs and overlie said mounting plate.

In a security bracelet adapted to be disposed in an encircling relationship with an object to be identified, the combination of:

• an elongated band having a plurality of pairs of aligned openings in its opposite extremities adapted to be disposed in overlying relationship with one another and having indicia means located thereupon intermediate said plurality of pairs of openings for the desired identification of the encircled object;
• and permanently lockable fastening means having a plurality of locking projections thereupon simultaneously engageable with at least four of the said aligned openings, said permanently lockable fastening means including deformable means on said projections to accomplish permanent locking thereof and load distributing portions extending beyond the perimeters of said openings to distribute the load imposed upon said opposite extremities by said projections, said fastening means when secured in place being irremovable without either destruction of said bracelet or making tampering self-evident.

In an identification bracelet for lockable securement in operative relationship with an object to be identified, the combination of:

• an identification band having opposite extremities incorporating a plurality of pairs of aligned openings which are coincident with one another when said opposite extremities are disposed in overlying relationship with each other, said band having indicia receiving means located intermediate said extremities;
• and locking means engageable with said coincident openings in said overlying extremities, destructive removal of said bracelet, said locking means including spaced locking projections simultaneously engageable with pairs of coincidental openings in said overlying extremities and deformable locking portions of said locking means on said projections to maintain said extremities in operative relationship with each other, said fastening means when secured in place being irremovable without either destruction of said bracelet or making temperating self-evident.

An identification band having opposite extremities incorporating a plurality of pairs of aligned openings which are coincident with one another when said opposite extremities are disposed in overlying relationship with each other, said band having indicia receiving means located intermediate said extremities, and permanently lockable locking means for maintaining the aforesaid extremities in operative relationship with each other, said lockable means including a mounting plate, a plurality of projections on said mounting plate located in the coincident openings of said extremities, and deformable locking portions on said projections for maintaining said locking means in permanent relationship with said extremities, said fastening means when secured in place being irremovable without either destruction of said band or making tampering self-evident.

Permanently lockable locking means for use in conjunction with an identification bracelet having a plurality of pairs of transversely oriented openings in the opposite extremities thereof and having indicia receiving means located between said extremities, including, an elongated mounting plate having a pair of projections thereupon, said mounting plate being locatable transversely of the lower of the two overlying extremities of said bracelet and having spaced projections thereupon engageable with said openings, said projections having deformable portions associated therewith for maintaining the upper of said extremities in operative and permanent engagement with the lower of said extremities, said fastening means when secured in place being irremovable without either destruction of said bracelet or making temperating self-evident.