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A child's sleep collar for use with a child safety seat that includes a pair of collar supports, forming a left and a right collar support. Each of the collar supports has a body, an attachment end, and a coupling end. The attachment end includes an attachment strap and is designed to attach respect

A child's sleep collar for use with a child safety seat that includes a pair of collar supports, forming a left and a right collar support. Each of the collar supports has a body, an attachment end, and a coupling end. The attachment end includes an attachment strap and is designed to attach respectively to a left or right belt positioning clip of a child safety seat. The coupling end of each collar support forms a generally planar surface and has a left or right collar fastener respectively attached to the planar surface. Each of the collar fasteners is designed to releasably engage the other collar fastener. When the collar fasteners are attached, the left planar surface faces the right planar surface. The body of each collar support includes a cushion fill material and is preferably tubular.

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1. A collar for use with a seat, the collar comprising:a first collar support having an attachment end for attaching to the seat and a coupling end, the coupling end having a fastener for releasably engaging a fastener of a corresponding collar support; anda second collar support having an attachmen

1. A collar for use with a seat, the collar comprising:a first collar support having an attachment end for attaching to the seat and a coupling end, the coupling end having a fastener for releasably engaging a fastener of a corresponding collar support; anda second collar support having an attachment end for attaching to the seat and a coupling end, the coupling end having a fastener for releasably engaging the fastener of the corresponding first collar support, the second collar support being separate from the first collar support when the coupling end is disengaged from the first collar support;wherein the collar supports form a closed loop with the seat around the neck of an occupant of the seat when the fasteners engage each other. 2. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein the fastener of a first one of the collar supports is selected from the group consisting of a first side of a hook and loop fastener and a male side of a snap. 3. The collar recited in claim 2, wherein the fastener of a second one of the collar supports is selected from the group consisting of a second side of a hook and loop fastener and a female side of a snap. 4. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein each one of the collar supports are substantially arcuate. 5. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein one of the collar supports comprise an attachment strap connected to the respective attachment end. 6. The collar recited in claim 5, wherein the attachment strap forms a loop, and wherein a first side of the attachment strap includes the first side of a hook and loop fastener, and a second side of the attachment strap includes the second side of a hook and loop fastener. 7. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein each one of the collar supports comprise a body and cushion fill material retained within the body. 8. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein each collar support comprises a reinforcement strip. 9. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein the coupling end of each collar support defines a substantially planar surface, and wherein each of the planar surfaces face each other when the fastener are engaged. 10. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein each collar support is adapted to translate a force applied against an inside portion of the collar support when the fist collar fastener is attached to the second collar fastener into a tensile force between the fasteners. 11. The collar recited in claim 1, wherein a retention force between the fasteners when engaged is greater in the shear direction than in the tensile direction. 12. A seat for a vehicle comprising:a seat back;a first collar support having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the seat back, the second end having a fastener; anda second collar support having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the seat back, the second end having a fastener;wherein the first collar support fastener releasably engages the second collar support fastener, the second collar support being separate from the first collar support when the second collar support is disengaged from the first collar support, and the first and second collar supports form a closed loop with the seat back around the neck of an occupant of the seat when the fasteners are engaged to each other. 13. The seat recited in claim 12, wherein a retention force between the fasteners when engaged is greater in the shear direction than in the tensile direction. 14. The seat recited in claim 12, wherein the first and second collar support each comprise:a body having an attachment end and a coupling end, the coupling end including the collar support second end and the respective collar fastener;a cushion fill material retained with the body; andan attachment strap connected to the body attachment end for connecting with the seat back. 15. The seat recited in claim 14, wherein the attachment strap forms a loop, and wherein a first side of the attachment strap includes the first side of a hook and loop fastener, and a second side of the attachment strap includes the second side of a hook and loop fastener. 16. The seat recited in claim 14, wherein the body is substantially tubular. 17. The seat recited in claim 14, wherein the body is substantially arcuate. 18. A seat for a vehicle comprising:a seat back;a first collar support having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the seat back, the second end having a fastener; anda second collar support having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the seat back, the second end having a fastener;wherein the first collar support fastener releasably engages the second collar support fastener and the first and second collar support form a closed loop with the seat back around the neck of an occupant of the seat when the fasteners are engaged to each other;wherein the first and second collar support each comprise:a body having an attachment end and a coupling end, the coupling end including the collar support second end and the respective collar fastener;a cushion fill material retained with the body; andan attachment strap connected to the body attachment end for connecting with the seat back;wherein the body is substantially arcuate;wherein the substantially arcuate body of each collar support is adapted to translate a force applied against the arcuate body when the first collar fastener is attached to the second collar fastener into a tensile force between the fasteners. 19. A safety collar comprising:a seat; anda collar attached to the seat, the collar comprising:a first collar portion having an end portion, the end portion having a fastener attached thereto; anda second collar portion having an end portion for releasably engaging the fastener of the first collar portion for forming a closed loop around the neck of an occupant of the seat when the end portions engage each other, the second collar being separate from the first collar when the end portion is disengaged from the fastener of the firs collar. 20. The seat recited in claim 19, wherein the fastener includes a first part of a hook and loop fastener.