# US 11,026,404 B2 · Pet identification tag with an integrated releasable coupling > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,026,404 B2 - Document ID: US11026404B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/151,894 - Filed: 2018-10-04 - Published: 2019-04-11 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-05 - Applicants: Robert Hill - Inventors: Robert Hill - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11026404B2 ## CPC - A01K 27/006: {with light-emitting or ornamental devices} - A01K 11/00: Marking of animals (marking poultry or other birds A01K35/00) - A01K 27/001: {Collars} - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS ## Abstract A pet identification tag in which the tag body is adapted to include an integrated attachment ring that can be releasable coupled to a pet collar in a secure and convenient fashion without the need for a separate intermediate coupling device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pet identification tag that is adapted to be releasably coupled directly to a pet collar attachment loop, comprising: a tag body; and an attachment ring partially permanently anchored in the tag body such that the attachment ring is not removeable from the tag body, the attachment ring having two ring endpoints external to the tag body and that partially overlap one another along lengths thereof to form a fully enclosed coupling area immediately adjacent to the tag body, where the ring endpoints are configured to be spread apart laterally to accommodate insertion of the pet collar attachment loop between them and along their overlapping lengths to either couple or decouple the pet collar attachment loop. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the coupling area is generally circular. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the coupling area has two ends and is bounded on the two ends by first and second arc-shaped structures. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The pet identification tag of claim 3, wherein the first arc-shaped structure comprises the ring endpoints and the second arc-shaped structure comprises a perimeter of the tag body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the ring endpoints comprise overlapping arms. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the ring endpoints are curved along lengths thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the ring endpoints are made from a spring material, such that they can be spread apart from one another from their rest positions and will return to their rest positions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the attachment ring is a one-piece unitary structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The pet identification tag of claim 8, wherein the attachment ring is oblong-shaped. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The pet identification tag of claim 9, wherein the attachment ring comprises two overlapping curved arms that are external to the body and with spaced ends. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The pet identification tag of claim 10, wherein the arms are configured such that one arm end can be moved away from the other arm to create a space into which the pet collar attachment loop can be inserted. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The pet identification tag of claim 11, wherein the arms are further configured such that the pet collar attachment loop can be moved along the space until it enters the coupling area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The pet identification tag of claim 1, wherein the attachment ring comprises separate ring portions, each ring portion comprising a curved arm that is external to the tag body, wherein the arms partially overlap. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The pet identification tag of claim 13, wherein each ring portion further comprises an integral component that is permanently anchored in the tag body. ### Claim 15 A pet identification tag that is adapted to be releasably coupled directly to a pet collar attachment loop, comprising: a tag body; and an attachment ring partially encased in the tag body, the attachment ring having two overlapping arms that are curved along lengths thereof and are external to the tag body and that partially overlap one another to form a fully enclosed coupling area immediately adjacent to the tag body, where the arms are made from a spring material and are configured to be spread apart laterally from their rest positions to accommodate insertion of the pet collar attachment loop between them and along their overlapping lengths, and wherein the arms are further configured to return to their rest positions when the pet collar attachment loop is no longer between them; wherein the coupling area is generally circular and has two ends and is bounded on the two ends by first and second arc-shaped structures, wherein the first arc-shaped structure comprises the overlapping arms and the second arc-shaped structure comprises a perimeter of the tag body. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The pet identification tag of claim 15, wherein the attachment ring is a one-piece unitary structure. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The pet identification tag of claim 16, wherein the attachment ring is oblong-shaped. ### Claim 18 A pet identification tag that is adapted to be releasably coupled directly to a pet collar attachment loop, comprising: a tag body; and an attachment ring partially encased in the tag body, the attachment ring having two ring endpoints external to the tag body and that partially overlap one another along lengths thereof to form a fully enclosed coupling area immediately adjacent to the tag body, where the ring endpoints are configured to be spread apart laterally to accommodate insertion of the pet collar attachment loop between them and along their overlapping lengths to either couple or decouple the pet collar attachment loop; wherein the coupling area has two ends and is bounded on the two ends by first and second arc-shaped structures, and wherein the first arc-shaped structure comprises the ring endpoints and the second arc-shaped structure comprises a perimeter of the tag body.