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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6948271 | Identification and tracking system for deceased bodies An identification system for deceased bodies is disclosed. The system includes an identification tag, such as a band, that is attached to the decedent's body and that cannot be removed without destroying the integrity of the identification tag or mutilating the body... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6189249 | Security tag device A tamper-proof seal assembly for discouraging and detecting tampering of containers onto which the tamper-proof seal assembly is installed. The container includes a closure assembly. The closure assembly defines an opening. The tamper-proof seal assembly ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5227209 | Array of separable decals An array of separable decals are provided to address the difficult problem of working with very tiny or narrow decals with the fingers of the human hand. The decal array is comprised of a longitudinally extending printed laminar paper strip having an uppe... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5073221 | Apparatus and process of making magnetically readable cards Magnetic stripes are applied to magnetically readable credit cards by incorporating the magnetic stripes in a cover sheet and laminating this cover sheet to a core stock sheet and then severing the laminated assembly into individual cards. The magnetic ma... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5042181 | Cable tie identification tag An identification tag used in combination with a cable tie is disclosed. The cable tie having a locking head with a channel therethrough and a strap having a tail for passage through the head channel, supports the identification tag. The tag includes a ma... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4837959 | Marker device A highly visible pennant intended to mark a particular location is combined with a fastener permitting it to be readily attached to an existing supporting structure. The pennant may be appropriately formed of semirigid material enabling it to extend horiz... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4328978 | Identification device for hospital patients The identification device takes the form of a plastic holder worn about a patient's wrist in the manner of a wristwatch. The holder itself has a fluorescent coating on the top surface emitting light. A patient identification card is positioned on this flu... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4318234 | Identification device with versatile imprinting means An identification device employing a myriad of modes of identifying indicia placement, wherein the device comprises a flexible band having opposed first and second ends wherein the bands may be in severable sheet form and wherein once severed the band is ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4314415 | Identification bands and methods of and apparatus for making them Identification bands, particularly for use in hospitals as identification bracelets and other patient related labeling requirements, made up of a number of tapes laminated together by pressure-sensitive adhesive, including a transparent tape as an outer t... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4272900 | Identity band An identity band which comprises an elongate strap and a latch portion which forms a slot through which the strap is pushed to form the band into a loop. The strap has a series of apertures therein providing a series of transverse stop surfaces alternatin... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4197665 | Identification locket An information locket includes an outer housing having substantially parallel front back walls and a partial side wall, and an inner member which is pivotally connected between the front and back walls. The inner member includes a magnifying lens portion ... | 04/15/1980 |