Patent ID: 9072279
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A01K,A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for fitting a collar snugly about an animal's neck, which comprises: (a) forming a loop around the animal's neck with an elongated belt and a connector, the connector having a frame to which one end of the belt is anchored and an arm with a foot, the frame including a base, a pair of opposing sides, and a slotted wall which is spaced apart from the base and forms a bridge between the opposing sides, each of said sides extending longitudinally between the frame's open end and the slotted wall, the arm being pivotally connected to the frame and rotatable into a position in which the foot is nested between the opposing sides, a portion of the belt protruding outwardly from the frame through an elevated slot defined by said wall when the loop is so formed, said portion being disposed distally from the free end; (b) pushing the belt's free end into the frame in such a way that the free end passes first between the frame's base and the arm and then between the slotted wall and the base, said pushing being continued until the free end juts out of the frame and a desired length of the belt, proximate with the free end, has been received within the frame, thus positioning the free end beneath said outwardly protruding, distal portion of the belt and between said portion and the animal's neck; (c) adjusting the tightness with which the loop fits about the animal's neck in virtually infinitesimally small increments by moving said length of the belt back and forth within the frame; and (d) rotating the arm so as to bring the foot into contact with a short section of the belt and, in the process, press the short section against the connector's frame.