Patent ID: 8881687

Claim:
A protective petwear collar, comprising: an inflatable bladder forming a substantially “C” shaped body having a central open area for receiving a neck of a pet and an opening formed by two opposing end portions; said inflatable bladder having a top wall and a bottom wall; said inflatable bladder being of sufficiently thick construction to support the weight of the head of a pet when lying down; a valve for inflating the inflatable bladder; said inflatable bladder comprising at least two inflatable chambers including at least an inflatable inner chamber disposed in at least partially surrounding concentric relation to said open area and an inflatable outer chamber disposed in at least partially surrounding concentric relation to said inner chamber and said open area; an I-beam disposed between said at least two inflatable chambers and extending at least the majority of the length of said inflatable bladder so as to partially define an exterior wall of said inner chamber and an interior wall of said outer chamber; said I-beam structured to facilitate even, uniform inflation of said at least two inflatable chambers; wherein said I-Beam extends from said top wall to said bottom wall in a concentric manner within said inflatable bladder; said at least two inflatable chambers disposed in fluid communicating relation with said valve and in fluid communication with one another such that compression of one of said at least two inflatable chambers caused by a weight of a head of the pet thereon results in expansion of the other of said inflatable chambers, fasteners for securing the two opposing end portions of the inflatable bladder in overlapping relation to each other.