Patent ID: 6917295

Claim:
A device for assisting in the location of an animal including a housing, an electrical circuit suitable for the generation and transmission of an audible and/or radio frequency signal, and a battery comprising: an outwardly directed opening defined in the housing, first and second electrical contacts which, when simultaneously contacted by an electrical conductor close the electrical circuit causing power to be applied, and when not simultaneously contacted by said electrical conductor open the electrical circuit and render the device powerless, a cap formed of an electrically non-conductive material rotatably mounted in covering relationship to said opening defined in the housing, said cap including an inner surface having associated therewith said electrical conductor adapted to rotate with rotation of said cap with respect to the housing to simultaneously contact said first and second electrical contacts at a first rotational position of said cap with respect to the housing and to be out of simultaneous contact with said first and second electrical contacts at a second rotational position of said cap with respect to the housing, and a resilient seal disposed between said cap inner surface and the housing in position to effect a seal between said cap and the housing in either of said first and second rotational positions of said cap relative to the housing.