Patent ID: 8050796

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 configured to extend to the tag receiver in response to instructions received from the controller, receive the pet tag from the customer from outside the housing via the tag receiver, and move the pet tag to a marking position; a support table movable between a first and a second position, wherein in the first position, the support table is at a distance away from the tag holder so as to allow the pet tag and tag holder to be rotated 180 degrees, and wherein in the second position, the support table is positioned for supportive contact with the pet tag on a side of the pet tag opposite the marking implement; and a graphical user interface coupled to the housing and responsive to the controller, the graphical user interface configured to prompt a customer to submit the pet tag to the tag holder and to supply information about an image to mark on the pet tag.