Patent ID: 6053129
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A walking leash apparatus for dogs and other animals, the walking leash comprising:a) an elongated, substantially rigid body member having a predetermined length with opposite, terminal, longitudinal ends defining front and rear ends of the body member,b) operator engagement means associated with the rear end of the body member for facilitating comfortable and secure engagement of the body member by an operator of the walking leash, and a safety wrist strap member associated with said rear end of the body member for providing protection against inadvertent release of the body member by an operator when the leash is under tension of a pulling animal,c) at least one elastic, stretchable leash cord member formed of a length of a bungee cord-type product having predetermined stretch tension and stretch length characteristics, the leash cord member secured adjacent one of its ends to the rigid body member for extension of its opposite end portion from the front terminal end of the rigid body member, andd) an animal-engaging fastening member secured to the end portion of the elastic, stretchable leash cord member extending from the body member, the fastener member configured to releasably engage an animal to be walked and secure the animal to the leash against inadvertent and unintended separation, whereby in walking an animal on the leash, the animals pulls and jerks are accommodated by the stretchable leash cord member and translated into a gently increasing, resistive tension on the animal, thereby providing a more humane and less potentially harmful control of the animal while also providing a shock-absorbing mechanism between the operator and the animal being leash-walked.