Patent ID: 9480240
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A dog restraining apparatus comprising: a dog collar having a leash attachment location, and being configured to attach to a leash at the leash attachment location behind a dog's head when the dog collar is secured around the dog's neck; and a collar positioning assembly including an alignment strap, the alignment strap having a pair of strap ends and a strap length defined therebetween, each strap end being attached to the dog collar at a respective collar attachment location such that the alignment strap is extendable across the dog's nose bridge when the dog collar is secured around the dog's neck; wherein (a) the collar positioning assembly further includes a pair of collar attachment loops, each collar attachment loop being convertible between an opened configuration and a closed configuration; and (b) the attachment of each strap end to the dog collar is by way of received retention of the dog collar by a respective one of the collar attachment loops in its closed configuration.