Patent ID: 7350342

Claim:
A decorative animal article comprising: a flexible band; a plurality of decorative components adhesively attached to said flexible band along a selected length of said flexible band with each of said decorative components having (a) a first through hole extending parallel to the length of said flexible band and aligned with the first through hole of an adjacent decorative component, and (b) a second through hole extending parallel to the length of said flexible band and aligned with the second through hole of an adjacent decorative component; a first length of thread: (a) extending from a first end of said selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band through said first through holes of said decorative components to a second end of said selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band, and (b) anchored to said flexible band at said first end of selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to the flexible band and at said second end of selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band; and a second length of thread: (a) extending from said first end of said selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band through said second through holes of said decorative components to said second end of said selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band, and (b) anchored to said flexible band at said first end of said selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band and at said second end of said selected length of said flexible band along which said decorative components are attached to said flexible band.