Multiple purpose animal ear tag system
First Claim
1. An ear tag assembly for mounting on the ear of a bovine-type animal or the like having an upper ear portion, a rear end portion, and a front ear portion with a central pocket beneath said upper ear portion between said front ear portion and said rear ear portion, and the assembly comprising:
- a one-piece tag retaining member made of molded plastic material having a generally flat upper surface for engaging an inner surface of the upper ear portion, with a generally vertically extending central slot means therein and a flexible lip means adjacent said central slot means, adapted to be located in the central pocket of the animal ear in a substantially horizontal attitude opposite a generally vertically extending slit in the upper ear portion of the animal ear; and
a one piece identification member made of flexible plastic material with an enlarged identification portion located in front of the animal ear, in downwardly generally vertically extending relationship to the upper ear portion, an intermediate portion of reduced width relative to said identification portion and located adjacent the upper ear portion and the front ear portion;
a generally vertically downwardly extending strap portion of reduced width relative to said intermediate portion extending through the generally vertically extending slit in the animal ear and the generally vertically extending central slot means in said one piece tag retaining member, and a generally vertically downwardly extending head portion located below the upper ear portion and mounted in abutting engagement with said flexible lip means and located below a generally horizontally extending portion of said one piece tag retaining member located below the upper ear portion.
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Abstract
An ear tag assembly comprising an identification member and an attachment member wherein the identification member comprises an identification portion located in front of an animal ear, a flexible strap portion extending through a slit in the animal ear and a slot in the attachment member, a head portion on the end of the strap portion for retaining engagement with the attachment member, a connecting portion between the identification portion and the strap portion for holding a signal sending device, and an insecticide tag holding device on said identification portion.
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Citations
33 Claims
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1. An ear tag assembly for mounting on the ear of a bovine-type animal or the like having an upper ear portion, a rear end portion, and a front ear portion with a central pocket beneath said upper ear portion between said front ear portion and said rear ear portion, and the assembly comprising:
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a one-piece tag retaining member made of molded plastic material having a generally flat upper surface for engaging an inner surface of the upper ear portion, with a generally vertically extending central slot means therein and a flexible lip means adjacent said central slot means, adapted to be located in the central pocket of the animal ear in a substantially horizontal attitude opposite a generally vertically extending slit in the upper ear portion of the animal ear; and a one piece identification member made of flexible plastic material with an enlarged identification portion located in front of the animal ear, in downwardly generally vertically extending relationship to the upper ear portion, an intermediate portion of reduced width relative to said identification portion and located adjacent the upper ear portion and the front ear portion;
a generally vertically downwardly extending strap portion of reduced width relative to said intermediate portion extending through the generally vertically extending slit in the animal ear and the generally vertically extending central slot means in said one piece tag retaining member, and a generally vertically downwardly extending head portion located below the upper ear portion and mounted in abutting engagement with said flexible lip means and located below a generally horizontally extending portion of said one piece tag retaining member located below the upper ear portion. - 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)
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24. An animal ear tag assembly for mounting on the ear of an animal of the bovine species or the like which includes an upper ear portion connecting a relatively short length anterior ear lobe portion and a relatively long length posterior ear lobe portion providing an ear pocket therebetween, and the ear tag assembly comprising:
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an one piece identification member having a relatively wide vertically extending identification portion located in front of the animal ear and below the anterior ear portion, a tapered intermediate portion connected at one lower end to said identification portion and extending upwardly from said identification portion along and adjacent the outer surface of the anterior ear portion to the upper ear portion, a strap portion of relatively narrow width connected to said intermediate portion and extending vertically downwardly through a slit in the upper ear portion, and an enlarged head portion on the lower end of said strap portion and being located in the ear pocket; and an one piece attachment member located in the ear pocket and having a central slot means for enabling passage of said head portion therethrough during assembly and abutment means for retaining said head portion and said attachment member in the ear pocket after assembly whereby the tag assembly is permanently attached to the animal ear. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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