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US 5,669,327 AGranted
Biodegradable trail marker system
OwnerRichard W. Beebeinventor
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Abstract
A system for marking trails including a visible tag having a unitary body of a planar configuration. The tag is made of a highly visible color with the body of the tag being made of a biodegradable plastic material. In use, a plurality of tags are fastened to foliage at regular intervals along a trail to provide a series of visible markers which define the trail. The tags are retrieved for reuse after the tags have served their intended purpose.
Claims4
A system for marking a trail which comprises:
- (a) providing a plurality of visible tags suitable for use as a trail marker, each of said tags having a unitary body of a planar configuration, said body having a highly visible color, with the body of said tag being made of at least one biodegradable material selected from the ground consisting of a starch based material, polyesters, cellulose acetate, and polyethylene, and further containing fastening means formed integrally with said body;
- (b) fastening said tags with said fastening means at regular intervals along a trail to provide a series of visual markers which define said trail, and
- (c) retrieving said tags for reuse after the tags have served their intended purpose.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.