Patent ID: 9374984
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. An elastic dog leash having a longitudinal direction of extension, said leash comprising, at least in part, a substantially flat elastic section having a relaxed state, a first length in said relaxed state in said longitudinal direction and two ends, said elastic section also having a cross-section and being extensible in said longitudinal direction of extension from its first length in its relaxed state to a maximum extensible length; and a single layer braided and woven covering web material section surrounding said elastic section; the cross section of the substantially flat elastic section having a perimeter surface and the single layer braided and woven covering web material section being woven as a braid from cross-wise inextensible fibers and having an inner surface following closely the perimeter surface of the substantially flat elastic section along the length of the elastic section; the single layer braided and woven covering web material section having a relaxed length corresponding to the first length of the elastic section in the elastic sections' relaxed state, is secured to said flat elastic section only at locations adjacent the flat elastic section's end, and comprises braiding having a braid weave woven to initially allow the braided and woven covering web material section to extend in length, with the substantially flat elastic section, during extension of the flat elastic section in the longitudinal direction of extension from the braided and woven covering web material sections' relaxed length to a maximum length that is less than the maximum extensible length of the elastic section, said braided and woven covering material section being woven in such a way that length of the braided and woven covering material section between the points at which it is secured adjacent the flat elastic section's end, is allowed to increase, as a result of its braided weave, to its maximum extended length imposed by the weave, and not by the length of the covering material section's inextensible web fibers, so as to limit further extension of the elastic section by reason of the limitation of extension of the single layer braided and woven covering web material engaged with the perimeter of the substantially flat elastic section to said maximum extended length of the covering web material section such that upon application of a correction force to a dog attached to the end of the leash, that correction force is progressively applied and cushioned between the user and the dog as a result of the engagement of the covering web material section with the elastic section.