Patent · US Expired

Animal identification tag

US4060922A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1976
Grant dateDec 6, 1977
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Expiry dateMar 11, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F3/06
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An identification tag for an animal which consists of a first member having a panel and projecting headed spike and a second member which has a hole of a smaller cross-sectional size that the largest cross-sectional size of the headed spike. The second member can be a flap attached to the first member. The tag is formed by passing the headed spike through a part of the ear of an animal so the panel is retained in a generally upstanding position on the ear.

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