Identification band using shorting wire for enabling/disabling an RFID transponder contained thereon

An identification apparatus comprising:

• an RFID transponder having an RFID circuit and an antenna coupled to the RFID circuit;
• a first conductive loop connected in series with the antenna and the RFID circuit;
• and
• a second conductive loop connected in parallel with one of the RFID circuit and the antenna, such that the RFID transponder will not function unless the first conductive loop is closed and the second conductive loop is open.

An identification apparatus comprising:

• a band;
• an RFID circuit disposed on the band;
• an antenna disposed on the band connected across the RFID circuit;
• and a first conductive trace conductively connected between said antenna and RFID circuit, a second conductive trace conductively connected between said antenna and RFID circuit, such that connecting the first and second traces short-circuits the RFID circuit.

An Identification apparatus comprising:

• a band;
• an RFID transponder disposed on the band, the RFID transponder having an RFID circuit and an antenna conductively coupled to the RFID circuit;
• a first electrically conductive trace coupled to at least a first part of the RFID circuit;
• a second electrically conductive trace coupled to a second part of the RFID circuit and said first electrically conductive trace such that RFID circuit becomes disabled when the first electrically conductive trace conductively couples with the second electrically conductive trace, and a disruption in said second electrically conductive trace enables said RFID circuit.