Identifier device
First Claim
1. An identification device that can be adjustably attached to an object or person whose identity is to be monitored, the identification device (11) comprising(a) an electrically conductive identification strap (12) having an outside surface that is an electrical insulator and an interior beneath the outside surface comprising an electrically conductive doped rubber;
- (b) an electrically conductive locking member (21) made from an elongate strip of flexible material (22) comprising an orifice (23) at one end of the elongate strip and a protruding mechanical locking projection (24) at an opposite end of the elongate strip, the elongate strip being constructed and arranged to allow pivoting of the locking projection between an open position, wherein the locking projection (24) is not inserted through the orifice (23) at the one end of the elongate strip, and a working or closed position wherein the locking projection (24) is inserted through both the orifice (23) at the one end of the elongate strip and through the strap at any one of a plurality of positions to form an adjustable circular attachment of the identification strap (12) around a predetermined part of the object or person whose location is to be monitored and also to form a closed electrical circuit when the electrically conductive identification strap (12) and the locking member (21) are both in the working or closed position, the closed electrical circuit being formed by the locking projection contacting the electrical conductive doped rubber in the interior of the identification strap; and
(c) a first wireless communications transceiver module (31) adapted to establish communication with at least a second transceiver module (31) mounted in a different identification device (11) attached to a different object or person.
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Abstract
An identification device that can be adjustably fit around an object or person whose identity is to be monitored includes an electrically conductive identification strap; electrically conductive locking means designed for adjustable circular locking of the identification strap around a predetermined part of the object or person whose location is to be monitored, thus forming a closed electrical circuit when the electrically conductive identification band and the locking means are both in the working or closed position; and a wireless communications transceiver module designed to establish communication with at least one transceiver module mounted in a different identification device fit onto a different object or person, wherein a first transceiver module executes a linking procedure by radio transmission of identification data streams to at least one other transceiver module in listening mode to receive the identification data stream transmitted from the first identification device.
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1. An identification device that can be adjustably attached to an object or person whose identity is to be monitored, the identification device (11) comprising
(a) an electrically conductive identification strap (12) having an outside surface that is an electrical insulator and an interior beneath the outside surface comprising an electrically conductive doped rubber; -
(b) an electrically conductive locking member (21) made from an elongate strip of flexible material (22) comprising an orifice (23) at one end of the elongate strip and a protruding mechanical locking projection (24) at an opposite end of the elongate strip, the elongate strip being constructed and arranged to allow pivoting of the locking projection between an open position, wherein the locking projection (24) is not inserted through the orifice (23) at the one end of the elongate strip, and a working or closed position wherein the locking projection (24) is inserted through both the orifice (23) at the one end of the elongate strip and through the strap at any one of a plurality of positions to form an adjustable circular attachment of the identification strap (12) around a predetermined part of the object or person whose location is to be monitored and also to form a closed electrical circuit when the electrically conductive identification strap (12) and the locking member (21) are both in the working or closed position, the closed electrical circuit being formed by the locking projection contacting the electrical conductive doped rubber in the interior of the identification strap; and (c) a first wireless communications transceiver module (31) adapted to establish communication with at least a second transceiver module (31) mounted in a different identification device (11) attached to a different object or person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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