Patent ID: 7140327

Claim:
A collar, comprising: at least one illumination source mounted on said collar, wherein said at least one illumination source comprises one or more light generating elements, a power supply connected to said one or more light generating elements for supplying power to said one or more light generating elements, and a control mechanism connected to said power supply and operable for controlling the supply of power provided by said power supply to said one or more light generating elements, said control mechanism comprising at least one of a mechanical switch, a wireless receiver, an RF receiver coupled to an antenna, an infrared light receiver, a sensor for automatically activating the supply of power to said one or more light generating elements when ambient light is less than a predetermined threshold, a switch for intermittently activating and deactivating power to said one or more light generating elements, and one or more switches for intermittently activating and deactivating power to said one or more light generating elements so that selected ones of said one or more light generating elements are activated when non-selected ones of said one or more light generating elements are deactivated; one or more insets mounted on said collar; and one or more light-transferring fibers each of which fibers includes a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled for receiving light from said one or more light generating elements, and the second end being coupled for transmitting light to an inset.