Patent ID: 8763903

Claim:
A reading device for identifying a tag or an object adapted to be identified, said reading device comprising: a first reading element for reading a first set of identification features located in the tag or the object adapted to be identified, wherein the first reading element is a magneto-optical reading element; wherein the first reading element is adapted to conform to the tag or object adapted to be identified when brought into contact with the tag or object adapted to be identified; wherein the first reading element comprises an engagement element for positioning the magneto-optical substrate over an area of the first set of identification features; wherein the engagement element is essentially complementary in shape to an engagement track in the tag or object thereby forming an interlocking means, or is essentially complementary in shape to an engagement track in the tag or object thereby forming an interlocking means, or is formed as a member selected from the group consisting of a cavity, a recess and a protrusion, or has in cross-section a circular shape of a polygonal cross-sectional shape.