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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2006
Applicant:
David A. Baker, Englewood, CO (US);
Inventor:
David A. Baker, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/40 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-contained tracking unit includes an elongated housing with a hollow interior cavity housing a GPS receiver, a microprocessor and a transmitter. The housing is mounted between a pair of projecting ribs on a sidewall of the container and has a depth less than the distance of the projecting ribs. An antenna is mounted within the housing, on the forward wall, and an antenna ground plane connected to the antenna is mounted in the housing parallel to the antenna and on the rearward wall of the housing.