Patent ID: 7677204

Claim:
A device comprising: a housing for use as an animal training device designed to be worn on a strap close to the skin of an animal on the interior surface of the strap, the housing being electrically connected to a positive polarity output terminal of an electrical circuit and to a negative polarity output terminal of the electrical circuit, the housing comprising: a nonconductive member with multiple spaced holes for exposed surface conductors; and multiple exposed surface conductors which are exposed through the spaced holes; wherein the exposed surface conductors are interconnected such that one or more of the exposed surface conductors are connected to a positive polarity input terminal and separately, one or more of the exposed surface conductors are connected to a negative polarity input terminal such that the positive polarity input terminal and the negative polarity input terminal are electrically insulated from each other; wherein the spaced holes and the exposed surface conductors are arranged to provide a distance of approximately ⅛ inch to approximately ¾ inch from any of the exposed surface conductors connected to the positive polarity input terminal, to the closest of the surface conductors connected to the negative polarity input terminal, such that many possible electrical paths are made between the one or more exposed surface conductors connected to the positive polarity input terminal, and the one or more exposed surface conductors connected to the negative polarity input terminal; wherein the positive polarity input terminal has means for connecting to the positive polarity output terminal of the electrical circuit and the negative polarity input terminal has means for connecting to the negative polarity output terminal of the electrical circuit; wherein the multiple exposed surface conductors are formed by two separate wires, the first of said wires having an end spaced from the non conductive member, forming either of said positive polarity input terminal or said negative polarity input terminal, the first wire extending from its terminal end toward said non conductive member and below said non conductive member, where said first wire extends alternately upwardly through and then downwardly through said spaced holes in said non conductive member a plurality of times to form the exposed surface conductors of said first wire, said second wire having an end forming either of the positive polarity input terminal or the negative polarity input terminal, the second wire extending from its terminal end towards said non conductive member and below said non conductive member to an outer peripheral portion proximate the outer edge of the non conductive member the second wire extending alternately upwardly through and then downwardly through said spaced holes in said non conductive member a plurality of times to form the exposed surface conductors of said second wire, and wherein the first and second wires are substantially covered by insulation except for the exposed surface conductors.