Animal tags

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF AN ANIMAL TAG AND A PIN FOR ATTACHING SAID TAG TO THE EAR OF AN ANIMAL, SAID TAG BEING FORMED OF SUFFICIENTLY RESILIENT MATERIAL TO BEND OR TWIST DURING USE AND HAVING A FLAT BASE PROVIDING A SPACE ON EACH SIDE ADAPTED TO CARRY AN IDENTIFICATION MARK, EACH SAID SPACE HAVING A SURFACE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING A MARKING INK OR THE LIKE; A NECK EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND INTEGRAL THEREWITH, SAID BASE BEING WIDER THAN SAID NECK AND SAID NECK HAVING A LENGTH SUFFICIENT THAT SAID IDENTIFICATION SPACE ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID BASE WILL BE VISIBLE BELOW THE EAR OF AN ANIMAL TO WHICH THE UPPER END OF SAID NECK IS ATTACHED; A SOCKET INTEGRAL WITH SAID NECK AT THE UPPER END THEREOF AND HAVING A THICKNESS GREATER THAN SAID BASE AND NECK, SAID SOCKET EXTENDING LATERALLY TO ONE SIDE FROM SAID NECK, AND HAVING FLAT, OUTEREND, SAID SOCKET HAVING A LATERAL HOLE THEREIN WHICH DECREASES IN DIAMETER TOWARD SAID OUTER END AND A WELL OF LARGER DIAMETER THAN SAID HOLE AT THE END OF LESSER DIAMETER; AND SAID PIN BEING FORMED OF LESS RESILIENT MATERIAL THAN SAID TAG, BUT NON-TOXIC TO SAID ANIMAL, SAID PIN HAVING: A CYLINDRICAL STEM HAVING A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF SAID SOCKET HOLE; A COAXIAL, CIRCULAR BUTTON AT ONE END OF SAID STEM HAVING A FLAT REAR END; A COAXIAL, CONICAL POINT AT THE OTHER END OF SAID STEM, SAID CONICAL POINT HAVING A REAR RIM OF A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID STEM BUT LESS THAN THAT OF SAID WELL AND SAID CONICAL POINT BEING SELF PIERCING, THEREBY PERMITTING SAID EAR TAG TO BE INSTALLED BY PUSHING SAID POINT THROUGH A LOWER, INSENSITIVE PORTION OF THE EAR OF AN ANIMAL AND INTO AND THROUGH SAID SOCKET HOLE, THROUGH PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID BUTTON AND THE FLAT END OF SAID SOCKET; AND SAID NECK BEING FLAT AGAINST SAID EAR OF SAID ANIMAL, BOTH DURING AND AFTER INSTALLATION.