Patent ID: 7961102

Claim:
A method for installing an RFID tag on a shipping article, comprising the steps of: (A) applying a first strip and a second strip of conductive material to the surface of the shipping article, said strips being co-linear and separated from one another by a small gap; (B) providing an RFID chip having a body, a first contact point and a second contact point, the first and second contact points each located on the bottom of the body; (C) attaching the RFID chip to the shipping article by adhering the first contact point to the first strip of conductive material on the shipping article and adhering the second strip of conductive material to the second strip of conductive material on the shipping article; (D) wherein the first contact point is a first barb and the second contact point is a second barb, each barb extending downwardly from the body and received in the shipping article, and the RFID chip is attached to the shipping article by inserting the first barb through the first strip of conductive material into the shipping article and inserting the second barb through the second strip of conductive material into the shipping article, wherein the first barb provides substantially all electronic connection between the RFID chip and the first strip of conductive material and the second barb provides substantially all electronic connection between the RFID chip and the second strip of conductive material; and (E) applying the RFID tag to the shipping article in an assembly line process wherein the shipping article does not stop its movement at a portion of the assembly line process where RFID tags are applied for the receipt of the tag.