Patent ID: 6766770
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A tether device for restraining animals in a defined area, the device comprising:first and second cylindrical, elongate members, the first member being hollow including inner and outer surfaces; the first member having a top end including a first annular ring having an outer diameter greater than a diameter of the outer surface and an inner diameter less than a diameter of the inner surface, a thickness and a notch extending through the thickness; the first member further including a bottom end having a taper reducing the diameters of the inner and outer surfaces to end in a blunted point; the second member having first and second ends, the second member further including first, second and third protrusions and an outer diameter sized to allow passage of the second member through the inner diameter of the ring of the first member; the first end including the first protrusion, the first protrusion protruding from a diameter of the first end proximate the first end and being sized to allow passage of the first protrusion through the notch of the first member; the second end including a sleeve cover having a retaining ring; the sleeve cover comprising an inner diameter sized to compressively fit over an outer diameter of the second end and a second annular ring to support the second member when fully inserted into the first member; the second end further comprising the second protrusion located below the second annular ring by a distance greater than the thickness of the first annular ring, the second protrusion being similar in construction to and in line with the first protrusion along a longitudinal axis of the second member; the second end further comprising the third protrusion, the third protrusion being similar in construction to the first and second protrusions and being spaced apart from the second protrusion in a direction toward the first protrusion but nearer the second protrusion than the first protrusion, the third protrusion also being located diametrically opposed to the first and second protrusions on the outer surface of the second member.