Patent ID: 7287491

Claim:
An assembly of an identification unit for identifying an animal to which the identification unit, when in use, is fastened, and a fastening strap connected with the identification unit, the fastening strap being provided with a first free end and a second free end, the identification unit being provided with an identification means which responds by emitting an identification code when the identification means is introduced into an electromagnetic interrogation field, characterized in that the assembly is further provided with a closing member comprising a slotted tunnel, so that, when in use, the strap forms a loop and a first part and a second part of the strap overlie each other and are enclosed by the tunnel, the assembly being further provided with a first fastening means for connecting the first part and the closing member with each other, and a second fastening means for fastening the second part to at least one of the first part and the closing member, so that, at least a part of the second fastening means that provides the fastening of the second part to at least one of the first part and the closing member is located within the tunnel, when the second part is fastened to at least one of the first part and the closing member, wherein the tunnel is arranged in a housing of the identification unit and wherein the first fastening means comprise a recess and a projection which engage one into the other, the closing member being provided with the recess or the projection and the first part being provided with the projection or the recess, respectively, wherein an outer side of the strap and an outer side of the housing are situated in one plane at a transition between the strap and the housing.