Patent ID: 7194982
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A leash assembly, comprising: a housing having an interior compartment for receiving a leash, and a manually graspable handle disposed rearwardly of the interior compartment, the graspable handle having an elongated inner cavity with an open end; a leash extendable from and retractable into the interior compartment through a forwardly facing opening in the housing that is substantially transverse to the open end of the inner cavity; a lid that is releasably attachable to the housing over the open end of the graspable handle, the lid having an aperture that is smaller than the open end of the inner cavity; and a plurality of bags maintainable within the inner cavity by the lid, the bags being serially removable from the inner cavity through the aperture without removing the lid.