Identification band with adhesively attached coupling elements
First Claim
1. An identification band, comprising:
- an elongated flexible strap having a head end and a tail end;
a communication circuit carried by said strap, said communication circuit including a pair of electronic coupling elements disposed generally at said strap head and tail ends;
wherein one of said coupling elements has a predetermined area, and wherein the other of said coupling elements has a length greater than the length of said one coupling element;
an adhesive for securing said strap head and tails ends in overlapping relation with said pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation, to configure said strap into a closed loop shape of selected circumferential size; and
at least one of said electronic coupling elements being physically altered in response to attempted forced separation of said adhesively secured strap head and tail ends to correspondingly alter at least one characteristic of said communication circuit.
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Abstract
An improved identification band such as a wristband or the like is provided of the type including a radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit for communicating wearer information with a remote reader. A pair of electronic coupling elements such as capacitor plates are formed at opposite head and tail ends of the identification band, and are adapted for adhesive securement in mutually coupled relation to enable the RFID circuit with a predetermined circuit resonance frequency fortuned communication with the remote reader. Upon attempted separation of the band head and tails ends, for removal of the identification band from the wearer, one or both of the coupling elements is physically distorted to alter the circuit resonance frequency, thereby detuning the circuit and preventing subsequent communication with the remote reader.
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71 Claims
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1. An identification band, comprising:
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an elongated flexible strap having a head end and a tail end; a communication circuit carried by said strap, said communication circuit including a pair of electronic coupling elements disposed generally at said strap head and tail ends; wherein one of said coupling elements has a predetermined area, and wherein the other of said coupling elements has a length greater than the length of said one coupling element; an adhesive for securing said strap head and tails ends in overlapping relation with said pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation, to configure said strap into a closed loop shape of selected circumferential size; and at least one of said electronic coupling elements being physically altered in response to attempted forced separation of said adhesively secured strap head and tail ends to correspondingly alter at least one characteristic of said communication circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An identification band, comprising:
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an elongated flexible strap formed from a dielectric material and having a head end and a tail end; a communication circuit carried by said strap, said communication circuit including a pair of electronic coupling elements disposed on one side of said strap generally at said head and tail ends thereof; wherein one of said coupling elements has a predetermined area, and wherein the other of said coupling elements has a length greater than the length of said one coupling element; an adhesive layer overlying one of said electronic coupling elements, said adhesive layer being for securing said strap head and tail ends in overlapping relation with said pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation, to configure said strap into a closed loop shape of selected circumferential size; and at least one of said electronic coupling elements being physically altered in response to attempted forced separation of said adhesively secured strap head and tail ends to correspondingly alter at least one characteristic of said communication circuit. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of making an identification band, said method comprising the steps of:
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mounting a communication circuit onto an elongated flexible strap, wherein the communication circuit includes a pair of electronic coupling elements respectively positioned generally at head and tail ends of the strap; forming one of the coupling elements with a predetermined area, and forming the other of the coupling elements with a length greater than the length of said one coupling element; wrapping the band into a closed loop shaped extending about a portion of a selected person or object, with the strap head and tail ends in overlapping relation; and adhesively interconnecting said head and tail ends in overlapping relation with the pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation to enable the communication circuit, wherein attempted forced separation of the adhesively secured strap head and tail ends physically alters at least one of the electronic coupling elements. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An identification band, comprising:
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an elongated flexible strap having a head end and a tail end; a communication circuit carried by said strap, said communication circuit including a pair of electronic coupling elements disposed generally at said strap head and tail ends; wherein one of said coupling elements has a predetermined area correlated with a predetermined capacitance and resonance frequency of the communication circuit, and wherein the other of said coupling elements has a length greater than the length of said one coupling element so as to span the entire length thereof; an adhesive for securing said strap head and tails ends in overlapping relation with said pair of electronic coupling elements in mutually coupled relation, to configure said strap into a closed loop shape of selected circumferential size; and at least one of said electronic coupling elements being physically altered in response to attempted forced separation of said adhesively secured strap head and tail ends to correspondingly alter either the capacitance or resonance frequency. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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