Identification tag

An identification tagging device having

• a substantially rectangular base unit, said rectangular base unit having an interior region and an exterior region, a first end and a second end, a pair of raised sides and a raised end, said pair of raised sides extending substantially perpendicular from the periphery of said rectangular base unit, between said first end and said second end, said raised end extending perpendicular from said rectangular base between said pair of raised sides at said second end, said pair of raised sides having tag retaining means extending therefrom, said pair of raised sides and said raised end forming said exterior region and enclosing said interior region, a tag receiving means region said tag receiving region being within said interior region;
• shaft means, said shaft means extending from and being integral with said second end of said rectangular base unit, said shaft means including a plurality of enlarged spaced locking elements;
• and
• locking means, said locking means being in said rectangular base unit between said pair of raised sides, said enlarged locking elements being configured to interact with said locking means to lock said shaft means to said rectangular base unit at anyone of a plurality of positions along said shaft means, whereby when a tag is positioned in said tag receiving region and said shaft means is inserted through said locking means, said shaft means passes through said tag receiving region and said tag, thereby locking such tag in said tag receiving region.