US 11,942,006 B2
Transport equipment label bracket
Clayton C. Bonnell, Fairfax, VA (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/062,885.
Application 16/886,508 is a division of application No. 16/132,073, filed on Sep. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,692,405, issued on Jun. 23, 2020.
Application 18/062,885 is a continuation of application No. 16/886,508, filed on May 28, 2020, granted, now 11,562,667.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097680 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09F 7/18 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); G09F 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 7/18 (2013.01) [F16M 13/02 (2013.01); G09F 21/00 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1847 (2013.01); G09F 2007/1856 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for tracking and/or locating a delivery item, comprising:
temporarily attaching a first delivery-item transport equipment label to a bracket, wherein the bracket comprises a main body with a first identifier permanently attached to the bracket and a second identifier comprising a radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip permanently attached to the bracket;
scanning the first delivery-item transport equipment label and at least one of the first identifier and the second identifier to associate the first delivery-item transport equipment label with at least the RFID chip;
scanning the RFID chip during use of a delivery-item transport equipment to which the bracket is attached; and
identifying a location of the first delivery-item transport equipment label based on the scanning of the RFID chip.