Patent ID: 7999682
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling and disabling a RFID sticker transponder located on a vehicle so that said transponder can be selectively disabled and enabled, said sticker transponder comprising an antenna and RFID circuitry located in a thin, card-like member and coupled to said antenna, said system comprising said antenna, said RFID circuitry and a disabling device, said sticker transponder being fixedly secured to the windshield of the vehicle, said disabling device comprising a planar conductive portion and at least one flanged portion projecting slightly away from the plane of said conductive portion, said at least one flanged portion including a connector element for releasable securement to a portion of the windshield immediately adjacent said sticker transponder to dispose said planar conductive portion at an operative position over said sticker transponder, whereupon said planar conductive portion of said disabling device is immediately adjacent said antenna and coupled to said antenna in such a manner as to disable said RFID circuitry so long as said disabling device is at said operative position, said RFID circuitry being arranged to be automatically enabled upon removal of said disabling device from said operative position, said disabling device additionally comprising a handle for effecting the removal of said disabling device from said sticker transponder when desired.