Patent ID: 8695244

Claim:
An identification tag comprising: a first body portion; a second body portion; a web portion located between the first and second body portions which web portion permits the second body portion to be pivoted relative to the first body portion responsive to the second body portion being pressed by a tag application mechanism of a tag applicator; a drive member disposed in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to a plane of the first body portion, the drive member projecting from the first body portion and comprising a drive surface that extends below the first body portion, the drive surface being pushed by a tag loading mechanism of the tag applicator to position the identification tag into the tag application mechanism; a lock that locks the first body portion and the second body portion together; and wherein the first body portion has a first end connected to the web portion, the first end having a rib extending transversely across the first body portion and projecting upwardly from a surface thereof.