Mountable timed event RFID tag assembly and method of use
First Claim
1. An RFID tag assembly for use in tracking or timing of a progress of a user having a user-associated mounting body and an RFID tag having a mounting substrate with an exposed first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, the RFID tag having an RFID semiconductor chip having a predetermined operating frequency with an antenna interface mounted on the second planar surface, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna electrically coupled to the conductor, the assembly comprising:
- a mounting carrier for attachment to an outer portion of the user-associated tag mounting body, the mounting carrier having a first planar portion having and elongated body with two opposing ends and two opposing sides and an upper surface and a lower surface and at least two second planar portions lying substantially in the same plane as the first planar portion and pivotally coupled to the opposing sides of the first portion with each having a free end extending from the first portion with an upper surface and a lower surface and each dimensioned for insertion through an opening defined by the user-associated tag mounting body, the upper surface of the first portion along the elongated body configured for fixed attachment of the second planar surface of the RFID tag, each second portion being selectably deformable in relation to the pivotally coupled first portion and having a selectively attachable adhesive on the lower surface of the free end of the extending second portion that is dimensioned for insertion through one of the user-associated tag mounting body openings; and
a spacer composed of a high density closed cell foam material having a first surface and an opposing second surface and having a predetermined thickness between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the second planar surface of the RFID tag is attached via the first surface of the spacer being attached to the second planar surface of the RFID tag and the second surface of the spacer being attached to the upper surface of the first portion of the mounting carrier.
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Abstract
An RFID tag assembly and method of use with a RFID tag assembly the RFID tag assembly includes an RFID tag having a mounting substrate having a spacer with a first surface and an opposing second surface, the spacer having a predetermined thickness, a mounting carrier with a substantially planar body with a first portion having first and second ends with two sides defined therebetween and has two or more second portions extending from the body forming free ends each and having selectively attachable adhesive on a portion of the bottom surface being deformably attached to the first portion and with second surface attached to the top surface of the first portion with the first planar surface with the RFID tag position parallel and set apart above the top surface of the carrier at a distance equal to or greater than the predetermined thickness.
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26 Claims
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1. An RFID tag assembly for use in tracking or timing of a progress of a user having a user-associated mounting body and an RFID tag having a mounting substrate with an exposed first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, the RFID tag having an RFID semiconductor chip having a predetermined operating frequency with an antenna interface mounted on the second planar surface, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna electrically coupled to the conductor, the assembly comprising:
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a mounting carrier for attachment to an outer portion of the user-associated tag mounting body, the mounting carrier having a first planar portion having and elongated body with two opposing ends and two opposing sides and an upper surface and a lower surface and at least two second planar portions lying substantially in the same plane as the first planar portion and pivotally coupled to the opposing sides of the first portion with each having a free end extending from the first portion with an upper surface and a lower surface and each dimensioned for insertion through an opening defined by the user-associated tag mounting body, the upper surface of the first portion along the elongated body configured for fixed attachment of the second planar surface of the RFID tag, each second portion being selectably deformable in relation to the pivotally coupled first portion and having a selectively attachable adhesive on the lower surface of the free end of the extending second portion that is dimensioned for insertion through one of the user-associated tag mounting body openings; and a spacer composed of a high density closed cell foam material having a first surface and an opposing second surface and having a predetermined thickness between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the second planar surface of the RFID tag is attached via the first surface of the spacer being attached to the second planar surface of the RFID tag and the second surface of the spacer being attached to the upper surface of the first portion of the mounting carrier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21)
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13. An RFID tag assembly for use in tracking or timing of a progress of a participant having a user-associated tag mounting body and having an RFID tag having a mounting substrate with an exposed first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, the RFID tag having an RFID semiconductor chip having a predetermined operating frequency with an antenna interface mounted on the second planar surface, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna electrically coupled to the conductor, the assembly comprising:
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a mounting carrier with a substantially planar body with a first portion having a first end and a second end with two sides defined therebetween and having one or more second portions extending from the body forming free ends and each having a planar top surface and a planar bottom surface and a selectively attachable adhesive on at least a portion of the bottom surface, and wherein each second portion is deformably attached to the first portion; a spacer having a first surface and an opposing second surface, the first surface of the spacer being attached to the second planar surface of the RFID tag, the spacer having a predetermined thickness between the first surface and the second surface and being composed of a high density closed cell foam material that is non-conducting and non-absorbing of a substantial amount of energy at the predetermined operating frequency, the spacer being attachable to the second planar surface of the mounting substrate by an adhesive material, wherein the second surface of the spacer being attached to the top surface of the first portion with the first planar surface of the RFID tag position parallel and set apart above the top surface of the elongated central body of the carrier by a distance equal to or greater than the predetermined thickness of the spacer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23)
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24. A method of operating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly for use in tracking or timing of a progress of a user having a user-associated mounting body and an RFID tag having a mounting substrate with an exposed first planar surface and an opposing second planar surface, the RFID tag having an RFID semiconductor chip having a predetermined operating frequency with an antenna interface mounted on the second planar surface, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna electrically coupled to the conductor, the method comprising:
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attaching an RFID tag assembly to an operating surface of the user-associated mounting body used by an event participant, the operating surface of the user-associated mounting body having an outer surface and an inner surface and one or more openings defined user-associated mounting body, the tag assembly having a mounting carrier for attachment to an outer portion of the user-associated tag mounting body, the mounting carrier having a first planar portion having and elongated body with two opposing ends and two opposing sides and an upper surface and a lower surface and at least two second planar portions lying substantially in the same plane as the first planar portion and pivotally coupled to the opposing sides of the first portion with each having a free end extending from the first portion with an upper surface and a lower surface and each dimensioned for insertion through an opening in the user-associated tag mounting body, the upper surface of the first portion along the elongated body configured for fixed attachment of the second planar surface of the RFID tag, each second portion being selectably deformable in relation to the pivotally coupled first portion and having a selectively attachable adhesive on the lower surface of the free end of the extending second portion that is dimensioned for insertion through one of the user-associated tag mounting body openings, the tag assembly also having a spacer composed of a high density closed cell foam material having a first surface and an opposing second surface and having a predetermined thickness between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the second planar surface of the RFID tag is attached via the first surface of the spacer being attached to the second planar surface of the RFID tag and the second surface of the spacer being attached to the upper surface of the first portion of the mounting carrier; orienting a first portion of the RFID tag assembly along the outer surface of the operating surface; folding at least one second portion along a fold line between the first portion and second portion of the RFID tag assembly; threading the at least one second portion of the RFID tag assembly through one of openings from the outer surface proximate towards the inner surface; and selectively securing the at least one second portion of the RFID tag assembly to at least one of the intermediate surface and the inner surface of the operating surface of the user-associated mounting body. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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