Patent ID: 7690578

Claim:
A method of securing a wireless IC tag, comprising the steps of: directly covering an entire first surface of a wireless IC tag with a rubber member consisting of an unvulcanized rubber having identical properties to an unvulcanized rubber constituting an article to which the wireless IC tag will be secured, the wireless IC tag including memory means for storing data and wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting data; mounting a second surface of the wireless IC tag which is opposite the first surface to the article before vulcanization; and vulcanizing the article and the wireless IC tag to secure the wireless IC tag to the article, wherein the rubber member covering the wireless IC tag has such a size that the rubber member cannot be secured directly to the article around the wireless IC tag before the vulcanization, but can be secured directly to the article around the wireless IC tag after the rubber member undergoes plastic deformation and thus expands in the vulcanization.