1. A license plate for a vehicle, comprising:
a generally planar base having a front surface and a rear surface;
a cavity disposed in at least one of the front surface and the rear surface;
an RFID tag situated in the cavity; and
a closure coupled to the license plate to close off the cavity.
2. The license plate of claim 1 wherein the closure is a cover joined to the rear surface.
3. The license plate of claim 2 wherein the cover is joined to the base with at least one of adhesive, ultrasonic welding, molding and fasteners.
4. The license plate of claim 1 wherein the closure is a sealing material disposed in the cavity.
5. The license plate of claim 4 wherein the sealing material is at least one of adhesive, hot-melt and epoxy.
6. The license plate of claim 1 wherein the base is made from at least one of plastic, metal and composite material.
7. The license plate of claim 1 wherein the RFID tag is a passive type.
8. The license plate of claim 1 wherein the RFID tag is an active type;
9. The license plate of claim 8, further comprising at least one solar cell proximate the front surface and electrically connected to a power supply of the RFID tag to supply electrical power to the RFID tag.
10. The license plate of claim 8, further comprising electrical wiring configured to be connected to an electrical system of a vehicle, the wiring being further connected to a power supply of the RFID tag to supply electrical power to the RFID tag.
11. The license plate of claim 8 wherein the RFID tag further comprises a battery.
12. A license plate for a vehicle, comprising:
a generally planar base having a front surface and a rear surface;
a generally planar cover having a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of the cover being joined to the front surface of the base;
a cavity formed in at least one of the front surface of the base and the rear surface of the cover; and
an RFID tag situated in the cavity.
13. The license plate of claim 12 wherein the cover is joined to the base with at least one of adhesive, ultrasonic welding, molding and fasteners.
14. The license plate of claim 12 wherein the cavity comprises facially adjacent cavities formed in the base and the cover.
15. The license plate of claim 12 wherein the base is made from at least one of plastic, metal and composite material.
16. The license plate of claim 12 wherein the RFID tag is a passive type.
17. The license plate of claim 12 wherein the RFID tag is an active type;
18. The license plate of claim 17, further comprising at least one solar cell proximate the front surface and electrically connected to a power supply of the RFID tag to supply electrical power to the RFID tag.
19. The license plate of claim 17, further comprising electrical wiring configured to be connected to an electrical system of a vehicle, the wiring being further connected to a power supply of the RFID tag to supply electrical power to the RFID tag.
20. A license plate for a vehicle, comprising:
a generally planar base having a front surface and a rear surface;
a cavity disposed in at least one of the front surface and the rear surface;
an active-type RFID tag situated in the cavity;
at least one solar cell proximate the front surface and electrically connected to a power supply of the RFID tag to supply electrical power to the RFID tag;
electrical wiring configured to be connected to an electrical system of a vehicle, the wiring being further connected to a power supply of the RFID tag to supply electrical power to the RFID tag; and
a closure coupled to the license plate to close off the cavity.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of playing a game comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a first matrix having an array consisting of at least two columns of elements and at least two rows of elements, said columns and rows being arranged such that each of said elements is simultaneously included in one of said columns and one of said rows and is positioned adjacent to at least one of said elements so as to form primary predesignated sets of elements each of the elements in said primary predesignated sets being adjacent to at least one other of said elements in its said set and at least one of the columns has a designation selected form a first class of designation selected from a combination of said first class of designations and a second class of designations wherein the designation from the first class of designations is based on a spatial relationship of the elements and one of the designations used for the columns and rows;
(b) causing a first player to be associated by a physical means with said first matrix by having said first player assigned to a first position adjacent said first matrix; and
(c) generating a random set of elements by identifying a plurality of combinations of the first and second classes of designations and declaring a winning combination if said random set of elements matches any one of the primary predesignated sets of elements and wherein if the random set of elements generated in this step does not match either any one of the primary predesignated sets of elements, further random sets of elements are successively randomly generated until one of said further random sets of elements matches any one of the primary predesignated sets of elements and the first player wins when one of said random sets of elements matches any one of the primary predesignated sets of elements.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein there are three columns and three rows.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein the first class of designations comprises letters.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the letter are B, I, N, G and O.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the letters B, I and N are used to designate the columns.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein G and O are used to designate two of the rows.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein one of the elements is designated as FREE.
8. The method of claim 3 wherein the second class of designations comprises numeral.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein the second class of designations comprises numerals.
10. The method of claim 9 wherein all of the elements except the FREE element is designated with at least one letter and a numeral.