Patent ID: 8626338
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G07F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A public use pet tag marking kiosk, comprising: a housing; a tag receiver in a fixed position on an outside of the housing and accessible to a customer from outside the housing; a marking implement enclosed within the housing, the housing and tag receiver forming a protective barrier such that the customer cannot access the marking implement from outside the housing, the marking implement responsive to signals received from a controller; a graphical user interface coupled to the housing and responsive to the controller, the graphical user interface configured to prompt a customer to put the pet tag in the tag receiver and to supply information about an image to mark on a pet tag; and a tag holder within the housing, the tag holder configured to extend to the tag receiver in response to instructions received from the controller, receive the pet tag from the customer from outside the housing through the protective barrier via the tag receiver, and move the pet tag to a marking position, wherein the tag holder extends vertically to the protective barrier and comprises a receiving pin having an alignment feature extending therefrom, the receiving pin and alignment feature combination comprising a cross-sectional shape that: