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US 11,026,401 B2Granted
Tool for marking livestock
AssigneeCotran Corporation
InventorsBertrand Dumont, Leocadio Luis Villarreal Lozano
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Abstract
A tool for marking livestock is a cylinder of marking material enveloped by a sheathing. The sheathing is segmented annularly at intervals along the vertical axis and each segment and is cut vertically so that it can be removed in sections to gradually reveal more of the marker.
Claims7
A tool for marking livestock comprising:
- a provided elongate cylindrical volume of pigment;
- and
- a semi-rigid tube having an inside diameter equal to the outside diameter of the cylindrical volume of pigment, and
- said semi-rigid tube having a vertical split;
- and
- a cylindrical form having an outside diameter equal to the outside diameter of the cylindrical volume of pigment;
- and
- said cylindrical form coaxial and engaged end-to-end with said cylindrical volume of pigment;
- wherein
- the semi-rigid tube is a sheath for the cylindrical volume of pigment and is opened at the split and removed as the cylindrical volume of pigment is eroded, and the cylindrical form provides a handle for grasping a portion of the eroded cylindrical volume of pigment.
7 more elements
A tool for marking livestock comprising:
- providing an elongate, cylindrical volume of pigment having a first end and a second end, the first end for marking livestock;
- and
- the second end of said cylindrical volume of pigment engaged with a cylindrical form;
- and
- at least a first and a second cylindrical sheath, each having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- and
- said first cylindrical sheath having a vertical split and an inner surface removably engaged and coaxial with the cylindrical form for marking livestock;
- and
- said second cylindrical sheath inner surface removably engaged, and coaxial with the cylindrical volume of pigment and further engaged with said cylindrical form;
- wherein
- as the cylindrical volume of pigment becomes shorter by being abraded;
- cylindrical split sheaths are removed by spreading the split and pulling said sheaths away from the cylindrical volume of pigment;
- the cylindrical form provides a graspable housing as cylindrical volume of pigment erodes.
10 more elements
A tool for marking livestock comprising:
- providing an elongate, cylindrical volume of pigment having a first end and a second end, the first end for marking livestock;
- and
- the second end of said cylindrical volume of pigment engaged with a cylindrical form;
- and
- at least a first and a second helical sheath, each having an inner surface and an outer surface;
- and
- said first helical sheath having a vertical split and an inner surface removably engaged and coaxial with the cylindrical form for marking livestock;
- and
- said second helical sheath inner surface removably engaged, and coaxial with the cylindrical volume of pigment and further engaged with said cylindrical form;
- wherein
- as the cylindrical volume of pigment becomes shorter by being abraded;
- helical split sheaths are removed by spreading the split and pulling said helical sheaths away from the cylindrical volume of pigment;
- the cylindrical form in combination with the second helical sheath provides a graspable housing as cylindrical volume of pigment erodes.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.