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US 8,127,479 B2Granted
Tie for identification ring
AssigneeA. Raymond Et Cie
InventorsStephane Gelibert, Jean-Jacques Legat
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Abstract
A tie comprising a strap (1) having two end portions (1A, 1B) respectively provided with a female portion and a male portion of a fastening system is characterized in that the female portion of the fastening system is an opening (2) in the strap that is bordered by a cleavable region (2A-2C) of the strap. Said tie can be used to create an animal identification band whose diameter can be increased without removing the band from the animal.
Claims20
A tie, comprising:
- a strap having two end portions respectively provided with a female portion and a male portion of a fastening system, said female portion of said fastening system including an opening in said strap, said opening bordered by a cleavable region of said strap, and said male portion of said fastening system being an anchor-shaped protuberance;
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- said female portion of said fastening system further including two bosses extending parallel to a longitudinal direction of said strap and disposed on respective opposite sides of said opening, said bosses closing a residual space between said anchor-shaped protuberance and said opening when said anchor-shaped protuberance is inserted into said opening.
A tie, comprising:
- a strap having two end portions respectively provided with a female portion and a male portion of a fastening system, said female portion of said fastening system including an opening in said strap, said opening bordered by a cleavable region of said strap;
- said male portion of said fastening system including two slots extending parallel to a longitudinal direction of said strap, said end of said strap provided with said female portion of said fastening system slidably receivable within said slots, each said slot including a plurality of studs aligned in said longitudinal direction, each stud having an L-shaped cross section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.