Patent ID: 6327809
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A01K,A01M

Abstract:
A system for releasably securing an article to a creature engagement frame structure comprising:(a) a collar member secured to the frame structure, said collar member substantially defining a hoop;(b) a snare member coupled to said collar member, said snare member including:(1) a collapsible loop portion displaceably captured by said collar member, said loop portion passing through said hoop;(2) an engagement portion for releasably engaging the frame structure; and,(3) an intermediate portion flexibly extending between said loop and engagement portions, said intermediate portion being tensed upon said engagement of said engagement portion to the frame structure to bias said engagement portion towards said loop portion;whereby said loop portion is operatively drawn to constrictively collapse about the article responsive to sufficient displacement of at least a portion of said snare member relative to said collar member.