THE WORD "TIER" IS DISCLAIMED APART FROM THE MARK AS A WHOLE.
THE WORD "TIER" MEANS "ANIMAL"; THE WORD "GERIATRICUM" RELATES TO OLD AGE OR AGEING FROM "GERIATRICS," THE STUDY OF THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF OLD AGE; AND THE WORD "SCHWARZHAUPT" IS A COMBINATION OF TWO WORDS-"SCHWARZ" MEANING BLACK, SWARTHY, DARK, SOMBRE, OBSCURE, OVERCAST OR GLOOMY AND "HAUPT" MEANING MAIN, CHIEF, HEAD, PRINCIPAL, LEADER, TOP OR BEGINNER.