Patent ID: 7107941

Claim:
A safety device for a pet comprising a collar, a central member, a first lateral member for pivotal and releasable engagement with the central member and a second lateral member for pivotal and releasable engagement with the central member, wherein the central member is a male member while the lateral members are female members, wherein the male member includes a first cylinder formed at an end and a second cylinder formed at an opposite end, with the first and second cylinders each having an axis and a first side and a second side spaced along the axis from the first side, and the first female member defines a first recess into which the first cylinder can be forced in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the first cylinder without disassembly of either of the central member and the first lateral member and in which the first cylinder can be pivoted about the axis of the first cylinder, and the second female member defines a second recess into which the second cylinder can be forced in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the second cylinder without disassembly of either of the central member and the second lateral member and in which the second cylinder can be pivoted about the axis of the second cylinder, with the first and second cylinders having cross sections at the first and second sides of a same shape and size, wherein the first female member includes a bar located opposite to the first recess thereof and spaced from the first recess in a direction perpendicular to the axis, with the bar wound with an end of the collar.