Patent ID: 8336505
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A retracting and locking leash assembly, comprising: a hollow ring-shaped leash housing with a lumen therethrough, defining a substantially open space at the center of the ring; a spool inside the lumen of the hollow ring-shaped leash housing extending throughout the circumference of the hollow ring-shaped leash housing; a length of line around the spool having one end attached to the spool within the lumen of the hollow ring-shaped leash housing and extending from a line opening on the surface of the hollow ring-shaped leash housing and a second end outside the hollow ring-shaped leash housing; a retracting mechanism inside the interior of the hollow ring-shaped leash housing, the retracting mechanism constructed to exert a force of retracting the length of the line into the hollow ring-shaped leash housing around the spool; and a brake trigger accessible by the user, the trigger constructed to adopt at least one braking position and one free position; and a portion of the hollow-ring-shaped leash housing opposite to the location of the line opening and the retracting mechanism is constructed in a configuration to function as a handle with the spool travelling through the handle, the line opening being substantially perpendicular to the handle.