Signal Emitting Member Attachment System and Arrangement

• US 20150042455A1
• Filed: 08/08/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobile Aspects
• Original Assignee: Mobile Aspects
• Inventors: Mandava, Suneil, Kardono, Pribadi, Sriharto, Timur P., Le, Khang Nguyen
• Granted Patent: US 9,892,618 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/24 Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms

Abstract

A signal emitting member attachment system for attaching at least one signal emitting member to an item to be tracked, which includes an adjustable band configured to be placed on the item; and at least one fob. The adjustable band and the at least one fob are configured so that the at least one fob is connectable to the band. The at least one signal emitting member is disposed on the at least one fob.

Claims

1. A signal emitting member attachment system for attaching at least one signal emitting member to an item to be tracked, comprising:

an adjustable band configured to be placed on or attached to the item; and

at least one fob,

wherein the adjustable band and the at least one fob are configured so that the at least one fob is attachable to the band, and

wherein the at least one signal emitting member is disposed on or at least partially within the at least one fob.

2. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable band is configured to be placed on or attached to the item by being wrapped around the item.

3. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one signal emitting member is embedded at least partially within the at least one fob.

4. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the adjustable band and at least a portion of the at least one fob are comprised of a silicon rubber material.

5. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable band is configured to have a plurality of fobs attached thereto and the at least one fob comprises at least two fobs.

6. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one fob is removably attachable to the band.

7. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 5, wherein the adjustable band is configured to space the at least two fobs around a perimeter of the item to be tracked.

8. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 5, wherein the at least two fobs comprise at least one fob having a signal emitting member that transmits high frequency signals and at least one fob having a signal emitting member that transmits ultra high frequency signals.

9. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 5, wherein the at least two fobs are color coded or otherwise visually differentiated.

10. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable band comprises a plurality of joints interconnected by flexible band segments, wherein at least one nub extends from at least one of the plurality of joints, the at least one nub configured to connect the at least one fob to the adjustable band.

11. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 10, wherein the at least one nub extends from at least one of the plurality of joints in a direction substantially perpendicular to the band segments adjacent to the at least one of the plurality of joints.

12. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 10, wherein the at least one nub comprises a stem extending from the at least one joint, and a shaped head disposed on the stem at an end opposite the at least one joint.

13. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 12, wherein the shaped head is a conical tapered head tapering outwardly in a direction toward the at least one joint to define an annular abutment surface.

14. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one fob comprises a body having a first side and a second side, and a shaped hole extending through the body from the second side to the first side configured to at least partially receive at least a portion of the shaped head.

15. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 12, wherein the at least one fob comprises a body having a first side and a second side, and a shaped hole extending through the body from the second side to the first side configured to at least partially receive at least a portion of the shaped head, wherein the shaped head is a conical tapered head tapering outwardly in a direction toward the at least one joint to define an annular abutment surface, and wherein the shaped hole is a tapered hole tapering inwardly from the second side to the first side and configured to receive the conical tapered head of the nub so that, when the conical tapered head of the nub extends completely through the hole, the annular abutment surface engages the first side of the at least one fob to connect the at least one fob to the adjustable band.

16. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable band comprises a loop disposed at one end of the adjustable band, the loop defining an aperture that is configured to receive and retain at least one joint disposed at an opposite end of the adjustable band to secure the adjustable band to the item to be tracked.

17. The signal emitting member attachment system according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable band comprises a plurality of joints, wherein at least one of the plurality of joints comprises a spherical ball configured to define a single point of or minimal contact between itself and the item to be tracked.

18. A method of attaching at least one signal emitting member to an item to be tracked, comprising:

providing an adjustable band;

providing at least one fob, the at least one fob having the at least one signal emitting member disposed thereon or at least partially therein;

wrapping the adjustable band around the item;

cutting an excess length of the band to position the adjustable band about the item and form a second end of the adjustable band opposite to a first end;

connecting the first end of the band to the second end of the band; and

connecting the at least one fob to at least a portion of the adjustable band.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the adjustable band comprises a plurality of joints interconnected by flexible band segments, the method further comprising inserting at least one of the plurality of joints through an aperture in a loop at the first end of the adjustable band.

20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the adjustable band is configured to have a plurality of fobs attached thereto and the at least one fob comprises at least two fobs.