Combination ID/tag holder
DCFirst Claim
Patent Images
1. A holder comprising:
- a body;
a first pouch for holding an ID, wherein said first pouch is supported by said body;
a second pouch for holding a tag container, wherein said second pouch is supported by said body;
a tag container, for placement in said second pouch;
additionally comprising a tag located within said tag container;
wherein said tag is an RFID tag; and
additionally comprising a protective air cushion in said tag container between said tag and portions of said tag container adapted to be closest to a user wearing the holder, said protective air cushion adapted to provide an open minimum distance between said tag and a user wearing the holder.
1 Assignment
Litigations
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A combination ID/tag holder is disclosed. The holder comprises (i) a holder body, (ii) a first pouch for holding a traditional ID card, (iii) a second pouch for holding a tag container, (iv) a tag container, for placement in the second pouch, and (v) a tag, such as a RFID tag, for placement in the tag container. The present invention can be used in conjunction with an automated attendance monitoring system to monitor attendance of students or other individuals whose whereabouts need to be tracked.
-
Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A holder comprising:
-
a body; a first pouch for holding an ID, wherein said first pouch is supported by said body; a second pouch for holding a tag container, wherein said second pouch is supported by said body; a tag container, for placement in said second pouch; additionally comprising a tag located within said tag container; wherein said tag is an RFID tag; and additionally comprising a protective air cushion in said tag container between said tag and portions of said tag container adapted to be closest to a user wearing the holder, said protective air cushion adapted to provide an open minimum distance between said tag and a user wearing the holder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A holder comprising:
-
a body; a pouch for holding a tag container, wherein said pouch is supported by said body; a tag container, for placement in said pouch; a tag, for placement in said tag container; wherein said tag is affixed to said tag container; and wherein said tag container includes a protective air cushion between said tag and portions of said tag container adapted to be closest to a user wearing the holder, said protective air cushion adapted to provide an open minimum distance between said tag and a user wearing the holder. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
-
-
11. A method of creating and using a tag holder:
-
providing a tag; providing a hollow tag container; placing said tag in said tag container; providing a holder with a pouch; placing said tag container in said pouch; directing human users of said holder to wear said holder for attendance tracking purposes; and additionally comprising affixing said tag to said tag container, said container larger than said tag, said container including a wall spaced from said tag by an open minimum distance, said wall adapted to be located closer to the human user of said holder than said tag, such that said tag is spaced from the human user by said open distance to enhance readability of said tag. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
-
-
14. A combination ID/tag holder comprising:
-
a body, said body having a first side and a second side; a first pouch on said first side; a second pouch on said second side; an ID in said first pouch; a tag container in said second pouch; a tag in said tag container; a protective air cushion in said tag container; and means for attaching said holder to a person with said protective air cushion between said tag and said person. - View Dependent Claims (15)
-
-
16. A holder for a remotely readable tag to allow the tag to be consistently read while borne by a human user, the tag having an elongate form with a horizontal length greater than a vertical height and the height greater than a horizontal depth, the holder comprising in combination:
-
a tag suspension adapted to couple the tag to the human user; a tag orientation controller adapted to keep the tag with its length extending substantially horizontally and extending lateral to the human user when said tag suspension is in use coupling the tag to the human user; and a tag spacing maintainer adapted to keep the tag spaced in depth away from the human user by a minimum distance to minimize interference with tag reading caused by the human user'"'"'s attenuation of signals interacting with the tag. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
-
Specification