Title: Animal tag

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1. An animal identification tag for attachment in a cut slit passing through an ear or other skin area of an animal comprising insert and body sections for forward and rearward disposition, respectively, and an interconnecting neck portion therebetween, said identification tag being formed unitarily of resilient sheet material having generally planar top and bottom faces, said body section being of larger size than said insert section and adapted to receive identification markings on the opposed top and bottom faces thereof, said neck portion extending forwardly from said body section and being of width corresponding to the width of the cut slit through which it will extend and of substantially reduced width with respect to said body section, angularly disposed introductory side edges for said insert section diverging outwardly from a forward entrance end, a terminal or base edge for said insert section connected to said narrower neck portion and extending outwardly therefrom to intersect said introductory side edges, and an angled surface intersecting a planar face of said insert section at said introductory side edges to provide a tapered section that reduces the thickness of said sheet material at positions disposed apart a distance greater than the width of said neck portion whereby the insert section of said tag interacts with a tag receiving slit cut in an animal's skin to cooperatively enfold said insert section as it is moved in a forward direction through said cut slit.

2. The identification tag as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising tapered surfaces providing base tip segments at said introductory side and base edge intersections with the tip segments at opposite sides of said insert section being apart a distance less than the width of said body section.

3. The identification tag as set forth in claim 2 wherein the tapered surfaces of said tip segments and the angled surface providing the tapered section at said introductory side edges are contiguous whereby the insert section enfolding action is continued as the tag is applied.

4. The identification tag as set forth in claim 1 and further comprising fillet radius cuts at the intersections of said neck portion and said base edge to relieve and reduce the cross-sectional width of said neck portion thereat whereby the flexibility of said insert section is increased and the desired enfolding action is improved.

5. The identification tag as set forth in claim 1 wherein the terminal limit of said introductory side edges is curved whereby said enfolding action is improved.

6. The identification tag as set forth in claim 1 for use as an ear tag and further comprising a plurality of fringe tabs extending rearwardly of said body section.

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Inventors: Armand, Walter R. (Denver, CO, US)

Application Number: 479915
Filing Date: 1974-06-17
Publication_date: 1976-04-27
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 40/301 D30/155
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2691846	Oct, 1954	Fruhling	63/12.
3512289	May, 1970	Hayes	40/301.
3552051	Jan, 1971	Ritchey	40/301.
3605310	Sep, 1971	Brown	40/301.
3765113	Oct, 1973	Magee	40/300.

Other Refs: 907,214

Jun, 1945	FR

Primary Examiner: Mancene, Louis G.
Assistant Examiner: Wolff, John H.
Attorney: Messenger; C. B.