PLASTIC FASTENER

摘要

A plastic fastener for insertion into meat for tagging purposes and then subsequently removed therefrom intact comprises an elongated unitary plastic member including a transverse bar (33), a paddle (35), and a flexible filament (37) interconnecting the transverse tag and paddle (35). The transverse bar (33) is interconnected to the filament (37) in a T-shaped configuration. In one embodiment, the portion of the transverse bar (55) constituting the trailing end thereof when the transverse bar (55) is inserted into the meat is made smaller than normal so as to minimize the likelihood of the transverse bar (55) severing from the filament (53) when the fastener is withdrawn from the body of the meat. In another embodiment, the transverse bar (61) is connected at its midpoint to the filament (65), the length of the transverse bar (61) being made smaller than normal and the filament (65) having an ovaloid cross section so as to prevent the severing of the transverse bar from the filament.