Patent ID: 6970090

Claim:
An animal collar comprising: a length of flexible tubing having a fastener adapted to be secured around the neck of an animal, at least a portion of the tubing being clear; an electrical ribbon cable extended within the tubing having therein at least two electrical conductors, the cable further having thereon, at spaced intervals, a plurality of light-emitting diodes electrically connected to the conductors, the cable and diodes being hermetically sealed inside the tubing and the light-emitting diodes being visible through the clear portion of the tubing; a battery attached to the tubing and electrically connected to conductors in the ribbon cable for powering the light-emitting diodes; a switch attached to the tubing for electrically connecting and disconnecting the battery from the light-emitting diodes; and an antenna and a radio transmitter secured to the band adapted to transmit a radio frequency signal through the antenna, wherein the transmitter is disposed in the tubing and the antenna is printed on the ribbon cable.