Patent ID: 9639722
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06Q,G08B

Claim:
1. An object identification device configured to transmit a radio frequency signal containing an object identification code, the object identification device constructed to be secured to an associated object, the object identification device comprising: a housing having an interior space; a transmitter within the housing configured to transmit radio frequency signals containing an object identification code; a closed loop connector comprising an electrically conductive material and operatively connected to the housing and moveable between i) an unsecured position wherein the at least one object identification device can be released from the associated object and ii) a secured position wherein the housing and the connector form a closed loop to be attached to the associated object, the connector being adjustable to adjust a size of the closed loop formed by at least a portion of the connector, wherein the electrically conductive material of the connector is configured such that severing the connector or disconnecting the connector from the housing causes the RFID transmitter to cease transmission of radio frequency signals from the object identification device, wherein the electrically conductive material forms a continuum of electrical connection portions along a length of the connector, and wherein the continuum of electrical connection portions are constructed and arranged to slidably engage with components disposed in the housing to continually maintain a closed circuit connection with the components disposed in the housing while the connector is being adjusted to adjust the size of the closed loop.