RFID Name Badge With Transparent Window And Rear Support
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing name badges lack integration of RFID technology for enhanced functionality, convenience, and safety, primarily in visual and digital credentialing.
Innovation Solution
A name badge incorporating an RFID chip integrated with a transparent window and a rear support structure, such as butterfly backings or a pocket clip, allowing secure attachment to garments, providing both visual and digital credentials.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If RFID technology is integrated into the name badge, then functionality and convenience are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines RFID technology with a traditional name badge by integrating an RFID chip into the badge structure. The badge base incorporates both visual identification elements (printed name, company logo) and digital RFID functionality, merging two separate systems into a single unified device that provides both visual and electronic identification capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The name badge serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides visual identification through printed information, digital identification through RFID chip, and can be attached to garments via various backing mechanisms. The badge base is designed to accommodate different attachment methods (butterfly backing, pin clip, pocket clip), making it universally applicable for different use cases and garment types.
2Loss of information
If a transparent window is added to display the RFID chip, then visual credentialing is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The badge base features a specific localized area (second area) with a transparent window that allows the RFID chip to be visible. This transparent region is precisely positioned adjacent to the printed name area, creating a differentiated local quality that enables visual verification of the RFID chip while maintaining the overall structural integrity and simplifying the manufacturing process by focusing precision requirements to a specific locale rather than the entire badge.
3Ease of operation
If multiple attachment options are provided, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The badge base is designed with universal attachment capabilities by incorporating multiple backing options (butterfly backing, pin clip, pocket clip) that can be selected based on the specific use case. This multi-functional design allows the same badge to be easily attached to different types of garments (shirts, jackets, uniforms) without requiring different badge designs, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining a consistent core badge structure.
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AI summary
A name badge that includes a badge base having a front surface that has adjacent areas including a first area for representing a person's name in printed letters, and a second area for supporting an RFID chip. The badge base also has a rear surface, a foam backing layer that covers the rear surface of the badge base and the RFID chip, and a rear support structure that enables the name badge to be supported at the rear surface and from a garment worn by a user.