Patent ID: 8749377
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
1. A device for monitoring conditions within an environment in which an item is disposed, which includes: a reusable environment monitoring tag positionally connected and integrated into a return mail postcard using an adhesive, wherein said postcard can be disposed adjacent an item to be monitored, said tag equipped with a power source to sense surrounding environmental conditions thereof wherein said tag is of a size and configuration to become part of said return mail postcard adhering to US mail standards, wherein said tag is disposed within opposing substrates which are sealably connected to form said return mail postcard and said tag has a start/stop button and status indicator in predetermined fixed positions thereon and said return mail postcard is provided with a cutout portion and said tag connected to a predetermined area of an inside surface of said substrates to positionably maintain said start/stop button and said status indicator within said cutout portion and not extending beyond said substrates.