US 12,478,043 B2
Interlinking collar components and collar devices including the same
Nathanael Benjamin, Bothell, WA (US)
Filed by Nathanael Benjamin, Bothell, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/491,442.
Application 17/150,235 is a division of application No. 16/101,355, filed on Aug. 10, 2018, granted, now 11,129,366, issued on Sep. 28, 2021.
Application 18/491,442 is a continuation of application No. 17/150,235, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,793,170.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/544,513, filed on Aug. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041002 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A01K 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 27/001 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first collar component of a plurality of collar components that link together to form a collar, the first collar component comprising:
a first collar end having a securing portion and a first attachment portion, the first attachment portion including a first flexible portion;
a second collar end having a receiving portion and a second attachment portion, the second attachment portion including a second flexible portion that connects with the first flexible portion of the first collar component,
wherein the receiving portion of the second attachment portion of the first collar component is configured to connect with a securing portion of a first collar end from another collar component, thereby coupling the first collar end of the another collar component to the second collar end of the first collar component,
a second collar component of a plurality of collar components that link together to form a collar, the second collar component comprising:
a first collar end having a securing portion and a first attachment portion, the first attachment portion including a first flexible portion;
a second collar end having a receiving portion and a second attachment portion, the second attachment portion including a second flexible portion that connects with the first flexible portion of the first collar component,
wherein the receiving portion of the second attachment portion of the second collar component is configured to connect with the securing portion of the first collar end from the first collar component, thereby coupling the first collar end of the first collar component to the second collar end of the second collar component.