Safety cat collar
AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
InventorLillian Banks
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Abstract
A safety collar for cats having an adjustable neck-encircling band including a pressure releasable fastener. The fastener includes a socket type keeper member on one end of the band receiving a bolt member on the other end of the band. The keeper member has a restricted circular entrance including a radial slot opening into an internal cavity. The bolt member on one end has a ball larger than the circular entrance with a pin radially disposal in the ball and adapted to be received through the slot when the ball is forced through the entrance. The bolt at its other end is pivotably mounted in the band for aligning the pin with the slot for entry into the cavity and for release therefrom should the collar catch on some object, and for rotating the pin approximately normal to the slot for use as a conventional leash.
Claims5
A safety collr for a cat including a neck encircling band having a pressure releasable fastener, said fastener comprising a socket member carried by one end of said band and having a deformable aperture opening into an internal cavity, said aperture including a central hole and a slot disposed radially relative to said hole, a bolt member carried by the other end of said band, at least a portion of said bolt member having a shape corresponding to and slightly larger than that of the hole for restricted entry therethrough to be received in said cavity upon deformation of said socket member, a pin member disposed radially in said portion of the bolt member and having a shape corresponding to that of said slot, and means for pivotably mounting said bolt member for turning about an axis substantially normal to said aperture.
A safety collar for a cat including a neck encircling band having a pressure releasable fastener, said fastener comprising a socket member carried by one end of said band and having a deformable aperture opening into an internal cavity, said aperture including a central hole and a slot disposed radially relative to said hole, a bolt member comprising a ball secured to a shaft carried by the other end of said band, said ball having a shape corresponding to that of the hole for entry therethrough to be received in said cavity, a pin member disposed radially in said ball and having a shape corresponding to that of the slot, and means for pivotably mounting said ball for turning about an axis substantially normal to said aperture, said means comprising a recess formed in said other end of the band, and a member secured to said shaft and band and journalled in said recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.