Patent ID: 8392137

Claim:
A carrier assembly for testing RFID tags, the tags having front and back faces and a thickness that is the distance between the front and back faces, the carrier assembly comprising: a flat carrier comprising a carrier cut-out; a bottom glass plate; a flat spacer having a spacer cut-out that is larger than the faces of the tag; a resilient insert that fits inside said spacer cut-out; a top glass plate; a plate fastener; wherein the said bottom glass plate is placed over said carrier cut-out; said spacer is placed on top of said bottom plate with said spacer cut-out generally aligned with said carrier cut-out; said tag is placed inside said spacer cut-out; said resilient insert is placed on top of the tag; said top glass plate is placed on top of said spacer and said resilient insert; and said plate fastener compresses said flat carrier against said bottom glass plate, said bottom glass plate against said spacer and the tag, and said spacer and said resilient insert against said top glass plate.