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Tag assembly

  • US 10,163,054 B2
  • Filed: 11/10/2011
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tag assembly to be worn by a participant of a sports event during the sports event, the tag assembly comprising:

  • a support sheet;

    a tag disposed on the support sheet, the tag comprising an antenna structure and the tag being configured to transmit a signal to a receiver that detects a passage of the participant; and

    an expandable spacer structure disposed on the support sheet spaced away from or partly or fully on top of the antenna structure, the expandable spacer structure providing a predetermined spacing between the tag and a body of the participant, the expandable spacer structure being configured to expand from a non-expanded state to an expanded state of a predetermined spacer thickness, wherein the expandable spacer structure in the expanded state has a thickness in a range between 5 and 15 mm and in the non-expanded state has a thickness smaller than 5 mm, and whereinthe expandable spacer structure comprises one or more pieces of resilient material configured to adjust at least in one dimension in response to a change in pressure, the non-expanded state including the one or more pieces of resilient material being vacuum packaged, and an expansion to the expanded stated being initiated by breaking the vacuum package.

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