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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Scott DeBates, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Douglas Lautner, Round Lake, IL (US);
Jagatkumar Shah, Lake In The Hills, IL (US);
Mary Hor-Lao, Chicago, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture comprises a wearable, stretchable article comprising stretchable material. The wearable, stretchable article is selected from a group comprising: clothing, a hat, a headband, a wristband, socks, footwear, handwear, shorts, or an undergarment. At least one RFID tag is mounted on the wearable, stretchable article and includes a stretch-activated switch on the at least one RFID tag. The stretch-activated switch has a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is associated with a first RFID tag state and the second mode is associated with a second RFID tag state. The stretch-activated switch comprises a ground contact, an RFID enable contact and a contact to slidably engage the ground contact and the RFID enable contact to transition between the first RFID tag state and the second RFID tag state.