Patent ID: 7963255
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A control harness comprising: an adjustable dog body harness that can be positioned on a dog, said body harness having a first harness strap, a second harness strap, a left strap connection point and a right strap connection point, where said first harness strap is connected to said second harness strap at the left strap connection point and the right strap connection point, wherein when said harness is positioned on a dog, said first harness strap is positioned perpendicular to the dog's spine and encircles the dog's torso by running around the dog's back and around the dog's chest behind the dog's front legs, said second harness strap is positioned perpendicular to the first harness strap and runs across the dog's chest in front of the dog's front legs, and said left strap connection point and said right strap connection point are positioned on the left and right side of the dog, respectively, above the dog's front legs; a harness extension member and an extension intersection, where said harness extension member is connected to said body harness, said harness extension member having a first extension strap, a second extension strap, and a control cord, said first extension strap being perpendicular to the second extension strap and said first extension strap connected to said second extension strap at the extension intersection; an extension attachment point, where said first extension strap is coupled to the first harness strap at the extension attachment point and said first extension strap extending along the dog's back parallel with the dog's spine from the first extension attachment point to the extension intersection; a left hind connector and a right hind connector, where said second extension strap is positioned perpendicular with the dog's spine extending from the left hind connector at the left thigh portion of the dog's hind leg through the extension intersection and to the right hind connector at the right thigh portion of the dog's hind leg; a left cord section and a right cord section, where the control cord has the left cord section and the right cord section; a left cord connector, where the distal end of said left cord section is attached to the left hind connector, extending from the left cord connector encircling the dog's left hind leg, re-engaging and passing through said left hind connector, and extending to and engaging with the left cord connector attached to the left strap connection point, and the proximal end of said left cord section extends away from the left cord connector; wherein when force away from the dog is exerted on the proximal end of said left cord section, inward pressure is exerted on the section of the left cord section encircling the dog's left hind leg; a right cord connector where the distal end of said right cord section is attached to the right hind connector, extending from the right cord connector encircling the dog's right hind leg, re-engaging and passing said right hind connector, and extending to and engaging with the right cord connector attached to the right strap connection point, and the proximal end of said right cord section extends away from the right cord connector; and wherein when force away from the dog is exerted on the proximal end of said right cord section, inward pressure is exerted on the section of the right cord section encircling the dog's right hind leg.