Livestock display tag
First Claim
1. An improved laminated livestock pasture display tag of a type used under harsh agricultural conditions, said improved laminated livestock pasture display tag comprising:
- (i) a thin, substantially, flat planar flexible display having a thickness, a front planar surface and a back planar surface, said front planar surface and said back planar surface being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis positioned between said front planar surface and said back planar surface;
at least one of a group consisting of said front planar surface and said back planar surface having a display section in which indicia for a livestock animal is displayed;
(ii) an anchoring section for fixedly securing the improved laminated livestock pasture display tag to a body part of the livestock animal; and
(iii) a permanent pressure sensitive encapsulation zone extending along the longitudinal axis between the back planar surface and the front planar surface having;
a front side perimeter that is facing the front planar surface, defining a front section there-between and a front interface;
a back side perimeter that is facing the back planar surface, defining a back section there-between and a back interface;
the permanent pressure sensitive encapsulation zone configured to (1) permanently bond the front section at the front interface, and the back section at the back interface; and
(2) accommodate at least one electronic component permanently bonded between the back section and the front section, said permanent bonding encapsulating said at least one electronic componentwherein said front section is characterized by a multilayer structure with at least two layers, a material of at least one first layer of said at least two layers differing from a material of at least one second layer of said at least two layers, each of said at least two layers comprising a material selected from a group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), UV blocking PET, vinyl, polyvinyl, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polycarbonate (PC), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), Polyurethane (PU) and any combination thereof, said at least one first layer having a thickness in a range between 100 micron and 550 micron and said at least one second layer having a thickness in a range between 50 micron and 150 micron; and
said back section has at least one layer, said at least one layer comprising a member of a group consisting of PET, PVC, PP, PE, PC and any combination thereof;
further wherein there is no detrimental effect on said improved laminated livestock pasture display tag after at least 1000 hours of exposure to 340 nm UV fluorescent tubes in a chamber fitted in accordance with American Society for Testing &
Materials (ASTM) G154, said detrimental effect being pulling off or peeling off of any of the bonded layers.
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Abstract
A livestock pasture display tag of a type used under harsh agricultural conditions, the tag comprising: (i) a thin, substantially, flat planar flexible display having a thickness, a front planar surface and a back planar surface, both surfaces are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis positioned between surfaces; at least one of said surfaces is having a display section in which the livestock animal indicia is displayed; (ii) an anchoring section for fixedly securing the improved livestock pasture display tag to a body part surface of the livestock animal; and (iii) a permanent pressure sensitive encapsulation zone.
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35 Claims
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1. An improved laminated livestock pasture display tag of a type used under harsh agricultural conditions, said improved laminated livestock pasture display tag comprising:
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(i) a thin, substantially, flat planar flexible display having a thickness, a front planar surface and a back planar surface, said front planar surface and said back planar surface being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis positioned between said front planar surface and said back planar surface;
at least one of a group consisting of said front planar surface and said back planar surface having a display section in which indicia for a livestock animal is displayed;(ii) an anchoring section for fixedly securing the improved laminated livestock pasture display tag to a body part of the livestock animal; and (iii) a permanent pressure sensitive encapsulation zone extending along the longitudinal axis between the back planar surface and the front planar surface having; a front side perimeter that is facing the front planar surface, defining a front section there-between and a front interface; a back side perimeter that is facing the back planar surface, defining a back section there-between and a back interface; the permanent pressure sensitive encapsulation zone configured to (1) permanently bond the front section at the front interface, and the back section at the back interface; and
(2) accommodate at least one electronic component permanently bonded between the back section and the front section, said permanent bonding encapsulating said at least one electronic componentwherein said front section is characterized by a multilayer structure with at least two layers, a material of at least one first layer of said at least two layers differing from a material of at least one second layer of said at least two layers, each of said at least two layers comprising a material selected from a group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), UV blocking PET, vinyl, polyvinyl, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polycarbonate (PC), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), Polyurethane (PU) and any combination thereof, said at least one first layer having a thickness in a range between 100 micron and 550 micron and said at least one second layer having a thickness in a range between 50 micron and 150 micron; and
said back section has at least one layer, said at least one layer comprising a member of a group consisting of PET, PVC, PP, PE, PC and any combination thereof;further wherein there is no detrimental effect on said improved laminated livestock pasture display tag after at least 1000 hours of exposure to 340 nm UV fluorescent tubes in a chamber fitted in accordance with American Society for Testing &
Materials (ASTM) G154, said detrimental effect being pulling off or peeling off of any of the bonded layers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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