Patent ID: 7853353

Claim:
A public use pet tag marking kiosk comprising: a housing; a tag receiver on an outside of the housing and accessible to a customer from outside the housing; a marking implement enclosed within the housing, the marking implement responsive to signals received from a controller; a tag holder within the housing, the tag holder comprising at least two guide arms sized to engage an edge of a pet tag, the at least two guide arms slidably coupled to the tag holder, the tag holder configured to extend in response to instructions received from the controller, receive a pet tag from the customer from outside the housing through the tag receiver, slidably engage and align the pet tag with the at least two guide arms sliding in relation to a surface of the tag holder and engaging the edge of the pet tag, and retract with the engaged pet tag to a marking position within the housing; and a graphical user interface coupled to the housing and responsive to the controller, the graphical user interface configured to prompt a customer to place the pet tag in the tag holder and to supply information about an image to mark on the pet tag.