Patent ID: 7557705

Claim:
A luggage tag, comprising: a. a top cover having an outer top surface with a proximal round end which extends to a rectangular body terminating in a distal end, a transverse opening located close to the proximal round end, said top cover further having a first elongated sidewall, a second elongated sidewall, and a distal sidewall extending transversely to the elongated sidewalls, said first and second elongated sidewalls each having two spaced apart openings, with one opening nearer the proximal round end and the other opening nearer the distal sidewall, the top cover having an inner side which includes a base of a battery compartment to retain at least one battery and connector means to contact the at least one battery; b. a rear information card frame having a generally rectangular shape having a proximal strip bar as its proximal end, a distal curved bar as its distal end to match a flat bottom end of the top cover, a first and second side flat elongated area which match the respective vertical first sidewall and second sidewall of the top cover, wherein the proximal strip bar, the distal flat end bar, the first and second side flat area form a frame containing a rectangular opening as a window for displaying an information card, the rear of the information card frame further comprises a battery compartment with a cover which is located adjacent to the distal flat end bar, said rear information frame further including an additional strip bar transverse to the first and second side flat area, and further being between the battery compartment cover and the rectangular opening; c. an electronic circuit board containing a plurality of LED lights with a respective LED inserted through a respective opening in a sidewall of the top cover, an integrated electronic circuit, and a motion detector, and means to electronically connect the circuit board to the at least one battery; d. a transparent plastic sheet having a proximal round front end which extends to a rectangular body with a flat end transverse to the round front end, the plastic sheet has a round opening located close to the proximal round end; e. means by which the luggage tag is connected to a portion of a piece of luggage, the connecting means extending through the transverse opening in the top cover and the plastic sheet; and f. the electronic components of the luggage tag are powered by the at least one battery but are at a standby state which only consumes a finite standby current, the electronics being activated by a physical motion of the tag wherein the physical motion is detected by the motion detector which exports electrical signals to trigger the integrated electronic circuit to output a sequential power to the LEDs for emitting a blinking light from each LED for a period of time, in order to provide a visual indication of the location of the luggage tag and the luggage to which it is attached, before said electronics turns back to the standby state state.