US 5,369,900 A · Tamper-resistant owner identification badge for bicycles

Abstract

A tamper-resistant owner identification badge for bicycles comprises a hardened steel badge debossed with a registration number, a reward offer, and a toll-free phone number. An aluminum sticker inscribed with the owner's personal information is attached to the badge. The badge, formed by two opposing casing members, is mounted around the seatstay tube of a bicycle. Two screws sunken into counterbores hold the casing members firmly together. Sealing discs tapped flush into the counterbores permanently deny access to the screws, so that removal of the badge is extremely difficult for even the most experienced thieves. The personal information on the badge provides anyone who sees the bicycle, but particularly law enforcement authorities, a means to compare the person possessing the bicycle with the characteristics of the rightful owner. Even if the sticker is removed, the reward offer and the toll-free number will help to induce any person who finds the bicycle to report the discovery.

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Dependent claims

An identification device adapted for mounting on a generally tubular portion of a structure, comprising:

a pair of opposite casing members each having a recessed channel, so that when said casing members are combined, said channels combine to define a hole at an interface between said casing members, said combined casing members having spaced outside faces,
a plurality of counterbores formed into said outside face of one of said casing members,
a screw disposed within each of said counterbores, said screw extending into said pair of casing members for securely combining said casing members around said tubular portion of said structure, so that said tubular portion of said structure passes through said hole between said casing members, said screw having a head positioned within said counterbore below said outside face of said casing member,
a sealing disc frictionally and flushly fitted within each said counterbores so that said sealing disc will resist being removed and deny access to said screws, whereby said casing members will resist from being separated and removed from said structure, and
indicia disposed on said outside face of at least one of said casing members.

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Tamper-resistant owner identification badge for bicycles

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