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A collar useful in animal care, which includes a closure connector and a flexible belt having a free end and distal therefrom a thickened knob. Anchored within the connector's frame, the knob is disposed contiguous with a narrow slot formed therein through which all of the belt, except the knob, is

A collar useful in animal care, which includes a closure connector and a flexible belt having a free end and distal therefrom a thickened knob. Anchored within the connector's frame, the knob is disposed contiguous with a narrow slot formed therein through which all of the belt, except the knob, is initially threaded. Once looped back around the connector's frame, the free end is pushed through the frame until it re-emerges therefrom. With the collar adjusted to provide a snug fit, one can then activate a closure mechanism, in which the foot of an arm pivotally connected to the frame clamps a short portion of the belt, across its entire transverse width, against the frame. When the belt is so clamped, pulling on it increases forces pressing the foot against the belt. Cast from a silicon rubber/phosphorescent additive mixture, the belt exhibits luminescent properties, making it visible in the dark.

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1. A method for fitting a collar snugly about an animal's neck, which comprises: (a) forming a loop around the animal's neck with an elongated belt and a connector, the connector having a frame to which one end of the belt is anchored and an arm with a foot, the frame including a base, a pair of opp

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A method for fitting a collar snugly about an animal's neck, which comprises: (a) forming a loop around the animal's neck with an elongated belt and a connector, the connector having a frame to which one end of the belt is anchored and an arm with a foot, the frame including a base, a pair of opposing sides, and a slotted wall which is spaced apart from the base and forms a bridge between the opposing sides, each of said sides extending longitudinally between the frame's open end and the slotted wall, the arm being pivotally connected to the frame and rotatable into a position in which the foot is nested between the opposing sides, a portion of the belt protruding outwardly from the frame through an elevated slot defined by said wall when the loop is so formed, said portion being disposed distally from the free end;(b) pushing the belt's free end into the frame in such a way that the free end passes first between the frame's base and the arm and then between the slotted wall and the base, said pushing being continued until the free end juts out of the frame and a desired length of the belt, proximate with the free end, has been received within the frame, thus positioning the free end beneath said outwardly protruding, distal portion of the belt and between said portion and the animal's neck;(c) adjusting the tightness with which the loop fits about the animal's neck in virtually infinitesimally small increments by moving said length of the belt back and forth within the frame; and(d) rotating the arm so as to bring the foot into contact with a short section of the belt and, in the process, press the short section against the connector's frame. 2. A method for fitting a collar snugly about an animal's neck, which comprises: (a) forming a loop around the animal's neck with an elongated belt and a connector, the connector having a frame to which one end of the belt is anchored and an arm with a foot, the frame including a base, a pair of opposing sides, and a slotted wall which defines two elongated, spaced apart slots oriented perpendicularly to the opposing sides, the first elongated slot being disposed generally parallel to and upwardly of the second elongated slot, the arm being pivotally connected to the frame and rotatable into a position in which the foot is nested between the opposing sides, a portion of the belt, when the loop is so formed, protruding outwardly from the frame through the first elongated slot, said portion being disposed distally from the free end;(b) pushing the belt's free end into the frame in such a way that the free end passes between the frame's base and the arm, said pushing being continued until the free end protrudes outwardly from the frame through the second elongated slot and a desired length of the belt has been received within the frame, thus positioning the free end between said distal portion of the belt and the animal's neck;(c) adjusting the tightness with which the loop fits about the animal's neck in small increments by moving said length of the belt back and forth within the frame; and(d) rotating the arm so as to bring the foot into contact with a short section of the belt and, in the process, press the short section against the connector's frame. 3. The method according to claim 2, which further comprises pulling on the belt, fabricated from a rubbery material, in a direction which is generally the reverse of that followed in pushing the belt's free end into the frame, such pulling, when carried out successively following each time the foot has been brought into contact with and pressed the belt's short section against the connector's frame, tipping the foot's contact surface upwardly and creating a small gap into which the belt, once released from said pulling, springs back, filling the gap and forming a wedge, thereby adding to the arm's degree of rotation and simultaneously augmenting forces which keep the foot in contact with the belt. 4. The method according to claim 2 which further comprises affixing a “D”-shaped ring to the end of the belt anchored to the frame, said end including a thickened, generally cylindrically shaped knob which is of sufficiently large diameter that it abuts the slotted wall rather than being threadable, like the belt's free end, between the first slot's elongated edges, the thickened knob defining a through opening which is alignable with a pair of holes defined by the opposing sides, the “D”-shaped ring being simultaneously inserted into the paired holes and pressed into the thickened knob's through opening when, at the same time the paired holes and the through opening are in alignment with each other, the belt's parts which are threadable into and out of the first elongated slot have been threaded through it, thus positioning the “D”-shaped ring to function as a locking pin for the anchored end of the belt. 5. A method for fitting a collar snugly about an animal's neck, which comprises: (a) forming a loop around the animal's neck with an elongated belt and a connector, the connector having a frame to which one end of the belt is anchored and an arm, the distal ends of which terminate in a foot and a handle, respectively, the frame's opposing sides, except for a pair of inwardly protruding, opposing bulges defined by the opposing sides, being spaced apart from each other by a distance which is greater than the width of the arm's longest transverse cross-section, the arm being pivotally connected to the frame and rotatable into a position in which the foot is nested between the frame's opposing sides, a portion of the belt protruding outwardly from the frame when the loop is so formed, said protruding portion being disposed proximate with said anchored end of the belt;(b) pushing the belt's free end into the frame in such a way that the free end passes between the frame's base and the arm, said pushing being continued until a desired length of the belt proximate with the free end has been received within the frame;(c) adjusting the tightness with which the loop fits about the animal's neck in small increments by moving said length of the belt back and forth within the frame; and(d) rotating the arm so as to bring the foot into contact with a short section of the belt and, in the process, press the short section against the connector's frame, said rotation of the arm being continued until a pair of spaced apart lateral edges along a short span of the arm's mid-section has been forceably slid across said pair of inwardly protruding, opposing bulges, said pair of lateral edges being spaced apart from each other by a distance which is at least as great as that of the spacing between said pair of opposing bulges, thereby magnifying, when the arm's rotation has been so continued, the force which must be applied to the arm's handle to rotate the foot away from the belt.