Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag – Key-carried indicia
Patent
1996-02-02
1998-07-21
Davis, Cassandra
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
Key-carried indicia
40514, 70408, G09F 300
Patent
active
057820244
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a data carrier of metal for personal data, such as name, birthday, blood group, height, weight, or other personal characteristics, which is insensitive to mechanical damage as well as high temperatures and also to aggressive gases or liquids.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Data carriers of this kind are made in the form of metal plaques which are either fitted into a metal bracelet or made as part of a neck chain, in other words are worn directly on the body, generally known, and contain data embossed in cleartext, knowledge of which in the event of an accident in which the wearer is unconscious, is of maximum interest for rapid assistance, for example the blood group and an address or a telephone number where further information about the injured person can be obtained.
A data carrier of this kind is also the identification mark conventionally used in the military.
A disadvantage of known data carriers of this type is the small amount of data that can be printed legibly on a plaque in embossed form. Therefore, the identification information and for example the blood group can be "reported" by the known data carriers but not detailed information that could be significant for expert "first" aid in the event of a serious accident, for example contraindications for certain medications, the existence of certain diseases, for example diabetes or other preexisting conditions that require chronic medication with special drugs, detailed information about insurance protection and/or telephone numbers at which more information can be reliably obtained.
Hence the goal of the invention is to improve a data carrier of the species recited at the outset in such fashion that, while it has an equally space-saving design, permits the storage of a large volume of information of the type described in a readily legible form.
This goal is achieved according to the invention by virtue of the fact that the data carrier is in the form of a spring steel band wound up in a spiral in the manner of a steel measuring tape in a flat housing that likewise consists of a resistant metal, with the data on the user being legibly embossed in cleartext on the steel band or stored in the form of recesses in the shape of letters and numbers on the spring steel band and the steel band can be pulled out of a slot in the housing. The data carrier according to the invention, by virtue of this design, offers at least the following advantages:
The surface available for displaying information, a line, is many times greater than in known data carrier of this species recited at the outset, so that a correspondingly large quantity of data can be stored on the data carrier according to the invention. As examples, in addition to the name and blood group, the following could be mentioned:
An emergency telephone number, membership number in a social service organization from which important personal data could be called up, height, weight, special diseases, for example diabetes, that require certain precautions when administering first aid, telephone numbers and/or address of next of kin, telephone number of the personal physician, need for chronic medication, and the like.
In order to be able to display all this information on the spring steel band of the data carrier according to the invention, it is sufficient as a rule if this carrier, as provided in the preferred design has a width of approximately 5 mm and a thickness of 0.1 mm, has a length of 50 cm to 200 cm, whereby a length of about 1 m will be sufficient in general.
The data carrier according to the invention can be made in the form of a pendant on a neck chain or as a flat capsule on a bracelet, which are clearly recognizable as data carriers and can be worn permanently by the user.
In a preferred embodiment, the data carrier according to the invention is made in the form of a key ring, preferably as a ring for the ignition key used by the driver himself for his motor vehicle, since as a rule it is sufficient for the data to be carried a
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patent: D271279 (1983-11-01), Cziment
patent: D279459 (1985-07-01), On
patent: 768420 (1904-08-01), Brecktle
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