Plastic fastener

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1995-11-02

1996-11-19

Little, Willis

Butchering

Miscellaneous

12142LC, 247041, 40662, 40663, 227 67, G09F 308, B65C 700

Patent

active

055757138

ABSTRACT:
A plastic fastener which may be inserted into a body of meat for tagging purposes and then subsequently removed therefrom intact comprises an elongated unitary plastic member shaped to include a transverse bar, a paddle, and a flexible filament interconnecting the transverse tag and paddle. The transverse bar is interconnected to the filament in a T shaped configuration. In one embodiment, the portion of the transverse bar constituting the trailing end thereof when the transverse bar is inserted into the meat is made smaller than normal so as to minimize the likelihood of the transverse bar severing from the filament when the fastener is withdrawn from the body of the meat. In another embodiment, the transverse bar is connected at its midpoint to the filament, the length of the transverse bar being made smaller than normal and the filament having an ovaloid cross-section so as to prevent the severing of the transverse bar from the filament, The major axis of the filament cross-section being parallel to the axis of the transverse bar.

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