RFID bracelet and method for manufacturing a RFID bracelet

• US 7,607,249 B2
• Filed: 07/15/2005
• Issued: 10/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cardxx Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Innovatier, Inc.
• Inventors: Singleton, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris; Lesley D
• Assistant Examiner(s): KIM, SHIN H
• Application Number:
  US11/181,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20070012771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,565 Days
• Field of Search: 406/33
• US Class Current: 40/633
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/14532 injecting between two sheets
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/14852 incorporating articles with a data carrier, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1418 the inserts being deformed or preformed, e.g. by the injection pressure
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14467 Joining articles or parts of a single article B29C45/14377, B29C45/14385, B29C45/14581, B29C45/14614 and B29C45/006 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14639 for obtaining an insulating effect, e.g. for electrical components
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07724 the record carrier being at least partially made by a molding process molding in general B29C45/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07762 the adhering arrangement making the record carrier wearable, e.g. having the form of a ring, watch, glove or bracelet record carriers for insertion in the human body for medical purposes A61B90/00; record carriers adapted for attachment to animals A01K11/00

Abstract

A RFID bracelet and a method for manufacturing the same wherein the bracelet is composed of a bottom layer having a top surface and a bottom surface, a radio frequency identification microprocessor attached to the top surface of the bottom layer, an antenna, operably coupled to the radio frequency identification microprocessor and attached to the top surface of the bottom layer, a core layer, positioned above the bottom layer and attached to the bottom layer, the radio frequency identification microprocessor and the antenna and a top layer, positioned above the core layer and attached to the core layer.

Claims

1. A method for manufacturing a bracelet comprising:

providing a bottom layer having a top surface and a bottom surface;

attaching a radio frequency identification microprocessor to the top surface of the bottom layer;

forming an antenna on the top surface of the bottom layer whereby the antenna is operably coupled to the radio frequency identification microprocessor;

forming a disabling tail on the top surface of the bottom layer, whereby the disabling tail is operably coupled to the antenna;

loading the bottom layer into an injection molding apparatus;

loading the top layer, positioned above the top surface of the bottom layer, into the injection molding apparatus; and

injecting thermosetting polymeric material between the top layer and the top surface of the bottom layer.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising forming a plurality of extremity loops on the bracelet for fastening the bracelet to the wrist of a wearer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of bracelets are formed from one bottom layer.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

removing the injected top and bottom layers from the injection molding apparatus and cutting out the plurality of bracelets.

5. A method for manufacturing a bracelet comprising:

providing a bottom layer having a top surface and a bottom surface;

attaching a radio frequency identification microprocessor to the top surface of the bottom layer;

attaching a battery to the top surface of the bottom layer, so that it provides power to the radio frequency identification microprocessor;

forming an antenna on the top surface of the bottom layer whereby the antenna is operably coupled to the radio frequency identification microprocessor;

forming a disabling tail on the top surface of the bottom layer, whereby the disabling tail is operably coupled to the antenna;

loading the bottom layer into an injection molding apparatus;

loading the top layer, positioned above the top surface of the bottom layer, into the injection molding apparatus; and

injecting thermosetting polymeric material between the top layer and the top surface of the bottom layer.