Patent ID: 8914918

Claim:
An anti-horse collar tackle safety device, comprising: a base having means for attaching the base to a pair of shoulder pads, wherein the base comprises an interior portion facing the shoulder pads, the interior portion extending upward from the shoulder pads to about a collar of the shoulder pads and turning back downward away from the collar of the shoulder pads to provide a downward projecting exterior portion of the base that is accessible from outside a jersey placed over the shoulder pads, the downward projecting exterior portion of the base overlying the interior portion of the base in a substantially U-shaped or J-hook shaped configuration to form a recess for receiving a portion of a collar of the jersey; and a releasable portion releasably attached to the exterior portion of the base via means for releasable attachment, wherein the releasable portion is configured to release upon grasping by an opposing player during gameplay.