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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Kenneth J. Krepel, North St. Paul, MN (US);
Brian S. McGinley, Woodbury, MN (US);
Neal A. Rakow, Woodbury, MN (US);
Paul A. Sevcik, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Cristina U. Thomas, Stillwater, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for determining whether at least a first component and a second component of a personal protection (PP) configuration are compatible so as to be assembled into an approved PP configuration, responsive to being compared against at least one predetermined criterion. Included is a smart tag for each of the first and second components. The first and second smart tags include respective first and second data. A data acquiring system is provided for acquiring the first and second data and a data processing system processes the acquired first and second data for determining if the first and second components are compatible to be assembled as an approved PP configuration.