Patent ID: 7780972
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: A01K,A01N

Abstract:
1. A pet collar for control of fleas and ticks, comprising: a. a belt having a length direction and a width direction; b. said belt being provided with a pet collar attachment means adapted to attach said pet collar to the neck of an animal; c. the belt having a face that contacts the skin or fur of said animal, said face being provided with insecticide strip attachment means that are generally perpendicular to the width direction of the belt for receiving a removable semi-flexible insecticide strip; d. said removable semi-flexible insecticidal strip containing an insecticidal composition as a solvent solution or a solution in a fatty acid, or combinations thereof, in a plurality of pores of a polymeric strip or in the pores of a sponge bonded to a polymeric strip; e. said insecticidal composition being a member selected from pyrethrins group, imidacloprid and combinations thereof; f. said belt is treated with an antimicrobial agent to prevent odor development; g. said plastic of said semi-flexible insecticide strip is poly vinyl chloride, high density polyethylene or polyolefin; h. said belt is treated with a water repellant composition to protect said semi-flexible insecticide strip; whereby said semi-flexible insecticide strip maintains contact with the skin or fur of an animal due to is elasticity, transferring liquid or vapor insecticide to ticks and fleas and thereby killing or retarding growth of said animal's tick and flea population.