Patent ID: 7800504
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: G06K,G09F

Abstract:
1. An RFID locking apparatus, the apparatus comprising: an RFID tag; a housing for the RFID tag having a cover and a foundation, a fastener; a spring; a fastener end holder; a one-way ratchet fastener lock; a blade; and wherein the RFID locking apparatus is locked where pulling of the fastener and the fastener end holder compresses the spring and positions the blade so that removing the fastener from a secured asset results in uncompressing the compressed spring such that the blade cutting and disabling the RFID tag; the blade is attached to the fastener end holder; the RFID tag is placed in the housing with no more than a 25 mm radius of bend; the fastener, fastener end holder and blade are held in a set position by guiding the fastener through the fastener end holder and the one-way ratchet fastener lock; the housing is secured to an asset; the RFID tag is placed between the cover and the foundation wherein the RFID tag is disabled by the blade when the housing is removed from the asset; and the cover and the foundation are joined together sealing the RFID tag inside the housing.