Patent ID: 7594482
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An illuminable animal leash and collar assembly for allowing a caregiver and bystanders to easily identify an animal during low ambient light conditions, said illuminable animal leash and collar assembly comprising: a leash including a plurality of electrically mated modular segments connected end-to-end and thereby defining a rectilinear longitudinal shape, each of said modular segments including a plurality of illuminable light-emitting sources housed therein and connected in sequence respectively such that selected ones of said modular segment light-emitting sources illuminate in sync with respect to other ones of said modular segment light-emitting sources; a collar including a plurality of electrically mated modular regions, each of said modular regions including a plurality of illuminable light-emitting sources housed therein and connected in sequence respectively such that selected ones of said modular region light-emitting sources illuminate in sync with respect to other ones of said modular region light-emitting sources; an extendable handle removably attached to said leash and spaced from said collar, said extendable handle being selectively adaptable between alternate longitudinal lengths when pulled along a predetermined path away from said leash; and means for independently illuminating said selected modular segment and region light-emitting sources respectively such that said modular segment and region light-emitting sources remain non-illuminated based upon the longitudinal length of said handle with respect to a longitudinal length of said leash.