Identification means

Claim 1

A booklet of tickets suitable for identification of an item and for correlation of a plurality of items comprising the parts of a whole when a ticket is attached to each item, comprising a first plurality of more than two metallic tickets corresponding in number to said parts, said tickets having identical indicia thereon and each lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, a plurality of metallic counterfoils corresponding in number to said tickets, each counterfoil lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, and each being detachably affixed to a ticket, each counterfoil being affixed to the remaining counterfoils which together form a stub having means for attachment of the booklet to an item to be identified, said booklet of tickets including a second plurality of tickets each lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, each ticket being detachably affixed to a ticket which is itself detachably affixed directly to a counterfoil, said second plurality of tickets each having a same threedimensional identification mark as the mark in or on the tickets detachably affixed to the counterfoils, and each ticket having the same three-dimensional identification mark and having means for attachment to each item to be identified, said three-dimensional identification mark comprising a portion of each ticket elevated above or depressed below the plane of the ticket.

Claim 3

A method of identifying and correlating the parts of a slaughtered animal comprising the steps of: a. providing a booklet of tickets, comprising a plurality of more than two metallic tickets corresponding in number to said parts, said tickets having identical indicia thereon and each lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, a plurality of metallic counterfoils corresponding in number to said tickets, each counterfoil lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, and each being detachably affixed to a ticket, each counterfoil being affixed to the remaining counterfoils which together form a stub having means for attachment of the booklet to an item to be identified, and each ticket having the same three-dimensional identification mark and having means for attachment to each item to be identified, b. attaching said booklet to an animal prior to its slaughter wherein said attachment is effected via the stub of the booklet, c. detaching a ticket from the booklet after the animal is slaughtered, and d. attaching said ticket to a part of the animal requiring subsequent correlation with a residual part of said animal or other part of said animal.

Claim 4

A method of identifying and correlating the parts of a slaughtered animal comprising the steps of: a. providing a booklet of tickets, comprising a plurality of more than two metallic tickets corresponding in number to said parts, said tickets having identical indicia thereon and each lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, a plurality of metallic counterfoils corresponding in number to said tickets, each counterfoil lying one above the other in substantially parallel planes, and each being detachably affixed to a ticket, each counterfoil being affixed to the remaining counterfoils which together form a stub having means for attachment of the booklet to an item to be identified, and each ticket having the same three-dimensional identification mark and having means for attachment to each item to be identified, b. attaching said booklet to an animal prior to its slaughter wherein said attachment is effected via the stub of the booklet, c. detaching a ticket from the booklet after the animal is slaughtered, and d. attaching said ticket to a part of the animal requiring subsequent correlation with a residual part of said animal or other part of said animal.