Patent ID: 8743661
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A43B,A63B,G06K

Abstract:
1. A disposable timing tag for attachment to an athletic shoe between laces and a tongue thereof comprising: a thin, flexible planar sheet member having a front surface, a rear surface, first and second end sections, and a middle section between said first and second end sections, wherein said planar sheet member may be folded such that the first and second ends thereof are connected to one another and the planar member forms a closed loop; a printed radio frequency identification (RFID) circuit disposed on the middle section of one of said front or rear surfaces of the sheet member, said RFID circuit including an integrated circuit chip positioned near the center of the middle section of the planar sheet member, and a dipole antenna electrically coupled to said integrated circuit chip, wherein a first dipole of the antenna extends generally along a longitudinal axis of the sheet member toward the first end section and a second dipole of the antenna extends generally along the longitudinal axis of the sheet member toward the second end section.