Patent ID: 8910596

Claim:
A collar for an animal comprising: a strap; and a clip buckle assembly operably attached to first and second ends of the strap for closing the strap into an annulus around an animal's neck; said clip buckle assembly having two releasably interlockable buckle members, one buckle member having a resilient arm received in a housing in the other buckle member, the housing having a coupling aperture to receive a coupling tab provided on the resilient arm, and an adjustment arrangement wherein the adjustment arrangement comprises a first tongue extending between the first buckle member and a first stop, the first buckle member being located at a proximal end of the first tongue and the first stop being located at a distal end of the first tongue, and a first slider through which the first tongue is arranged to pass; wherein the first slider comprises a first gripping arrangement configurable between an open configuration, wherein the first tongue is free to slide through the first slider and a closed configuration, wherein the first tongue is held locked against the first slider when the first slider is urged in a slackening direction from the proximal towards the distal end of the first tongue, whereby the slider is arranged to be fixable against slackening at any of a plurality of positions along the first tongue; the first stop is arranged to prevent the tongue from disengaging from the slider when the first slider is urged in the slackening direction, and the first slider is attached to the first end of the strap whereby the first buckle member is adjustably attached to the first end of the strap and the second buckle member is attached to a second end of the strap; wherein from a position in which the first gripping arrangement is in the closed configuration the slider is movable relative to the tongue in the direction from the distal end to the proximal end of the tongue.