Lockout tag

• US 9,799,236 B2
• Filed: 02/19/2016
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Redfab Inc.
• Original Assignee: Redfab Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Claude J
• Application Number:
  US15/047,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20160247421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 235494
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07758 arrangements for adhering the record carrier to further objects or living beings, functioning as an identification tag
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/16 Signs formed of or incorporating reflecting elements or surfaces, e.g. warning signs having triangular or other geometrical shape
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0213 Concealed data
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0255 laminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0297 including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/08 Fastening or securing by means not forming part of the material of the label itself

Abstract

A lockout tag having an elongate flag; a fastener proximate one end of the elongate flag; a seam proximate an end opposite the fastener; a warning indicia between the fastener end and the seam end of the elongate flag; and the elongate flag formed of a reflective and fluorescent material. The flag further comprising a pouch for additional information regarding the owner and purpose of the flag.

Claims

1. A lockout tag comprising:

an elongate flag having a longitudinal axis and forming a first plane;

a fastener proximate one end of the elongate flag;

a seam proximate an end opposite the fastener;

an indicia between the fastener end and the seam end of the elongate flag; and

the elongate flag formed of a reflective and fluorescent material;

wherein the elongate flag is cut, proximate the fastener, substantially along the longitudinal axis, to form two flaps each having a front side and a backside; and

wherein the two flaps are twisted in opposing directions and fastened to each other at the backside thereof to form a single flap having an end forming a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane.

2. The lockout tag according to claim 1, wherein the fastener comprises a circular eye.

3. The lockout tag according to claim 1, wherein the seam comprises at least two layers of a reflective and fluorescent material.

4. The lockout tag according to claim 1, wherein the fastener passes through both flaps.

5. The lockout tag according to claim 1, further comprising a pattern applied to the reflective and fluorescent material.

6. The lockout tag according to claim 5, wherein the pattern is square-shaped.

7. The lockout tag according to claim 1, wherein the reflective and fluorescent material comprises a dry-erase sheet.

8. The lockout tag according to claim 7, wherein the dry-erase sheet is covered with a transparent protective cover.

9. The lockout tag according to claim 1, wherein the indicia is applied using at least one of digital printing, screen printing, woven labeling, or heat transfer printing.

10. The lockout tag according to claim 1, further comprising a pouch with an interior for receiving identification media.

11. The lockout tag according to claim 10, wherein the pouch further comprises an eyelet.

12. The lockout tag according to claim 10, wherein the pouch further comprises a zipper.

13. The lockout tag according to claim 10, the pouch further comprising an electronically scannable code.

14. The lockout tag according to claim 13, wherein the electronically scannable code comprises at least one of a quick response (QR) code, a bar code, and a radio-frequency identification device (RFID).

15. The lockout tag according to claim 13, wherein the electronically scannable code corresponds to an index to data located on a network server.