WO/2022/165186 | FEEDLOT EAR-TAG SYSTEMS AND METHODS |
WO/2009/089215 | ANIMAL TAG AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME |
WO2022066846A1 | 2022-03-31 | |||
WO2008108816A1 | 2008-09-12 |
CN105191817B | 2019-10-18 | |||
US20180132449A1 | 2018-05-17 | |||
CN110771527B | 2021-09-14 |
CLAIMS 1. Animal ear tag assembly comprising: ear tag comprising a housing for enclosing electronic components, the housing comprising at least photovoltaic panel being arranged to form an external frontal outer face of the tag for receiving sunlight and powering the electronic componentry therein; a tether body configured to contact the animal’s body during use, the tether body having an in-use upper female coupling portion for receiving and coupling an ear attachment stud member and an in-use lower cradle portion being configured for securing an attachment portion of the ear tag extending from the housing of the tag to arrange the photovoltaic panel in an outwardly facing configuration during use. 2. Animal ear tag assembly in accordance with claim 1 wherein the ear tag housing comprises a rear inner face that is spaced away from the frontal outer face with side walls extending between frontal face and rear face to form the housing to house the electronics and wherein the attachment portion of the ear tag projects outwardly from one of the side walls of the ear tag. 3. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 2 wherein the attachment portion comprises a cradle engaging member extending along the length of one of said side walls of the ear tag housing, the cradle engaging member being attached to the side walls by spaced apart legs such that the cradle engaging member, the spaced apart legs and a portion of one of the side walls define a hollow opening. 4. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 4 wherein the hollow opening comprises an upper opening portion located above a lower opening portion wherein the lower opening portion is narrower than the upper opening portion. 5. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 3 wherein each leg comprises a thickness extending a transverse direction relative to the length of the ear tag wherein the thickness of the legs increases in an in-use downwardly direction towards the side wall to form a respective wedge-shaped body. 6. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 5 wherein the wedge-shaped body formed by each leg is dimensioned to tilt the outer face such that the plane of the outer face is at an acute angle relative to the plane of the upper female coupling portion of the tether body. 7. Animal tag assembly in accordance with any one of the preceding claims 3 to 6 wherein the in-use lower cradle portion is formed by two spaced apart walls separated by a channel portion to receive and secure the cradle engagement member of the tag body. 8. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 7 wherein the first of said spaced apart walls is formed continuously with the upper female coupling portion and the second of said spaced apart wall comprises a wall height that is greater than height of the cradle engagement member to avoid contact between the cradle engagement portion and skin of the animal during use. 9. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 8 wherein the second of said walls further comprises a downwardly dependent portion to form a shield between the attachment portion of the tag and the animal’s skin during use. 10. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 6 when dependent upon claim 4 wherein the channel portion of the cradle is positioned in the upper opening portion of the hollow opening. 11. Animal tag assembly in accordance with claim 6 when dependent upon claim 4 wherein tether body further comprises an additional tether engagement portion that snaps into the lower opening portion of the tag. 12. Animal tag assembly in accordance with any one of the preceding claims wherein coupling portion of the tether body comprises a thorough hole extending therethrough for receiving and securing the stud member. 13. Animal tag assembly in accordance with any one of the preceding claims wherein the coupling portion of the tether body is adapted to receive and secure the stud member whereby the stud member comprises an enlarged head with an elongate shank such that the shank portion of the stud member is received into a first lateral side along a first direction and allows the shank to be inserted and passed through the tether body in a transverse direction to secure the stud member to the tether body and wherein the cradle generally projects in an opposite direction relative to the first direction to prevent removal of the tag member without uncoupling of the stud member from the tether body. 14. A tether body for tethering an animal ear tag to an animal’s ear, the tether body being shaped to contact the animal’s body during use and avoid direct contact between the animal’s body and the animal ear tag, the tether body comprising: an in-use upper female coupling portion for receiving and coupling an ear attachment stud member; and an in-use lower cradle portion being configured for securing an attachment portion of the animal ear tag extending from a housing of the tag to arrange a photovoltaic panel of the animal ear tag in an outwardly facing configuration during use. |
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