Patent ID: 7284504
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method for restraining and carrying a dog, said method including the steps of: providing a carrying strap, said carrying strap being elongated, said carrying strap having a front end and a rear end; providing a first front leg strap and a second front leg strap, each of said first and second front leg straps being elongated and having a first end and a second; providing a first coupling assembly being adapted for selectively coupling each of said first and second ends of said first and second front leg straps to said front end of said carrying strap, said first coupling assembly includes a primary coupler and a plurality of secondary couplers, each of said secondary couplers being adapted for being simultaneously removably coupled to said primary coupler, a first of said secondary couplers being attached to said first ends of said first and second front leg strap, a second of said secondary couplers being attached to said second ends of said first and second front legs straps such that said first and second front legs straps cross each other, a third of said secondary couplers being attached to said front end of said carrying strap; providing a pair rear leg straps, each of said rear leg straps including a loop portion and an elongated portion, each of said elongated portions being attached to and extending away from one of said loop portions, each of said elongated portions having a free end; providing a second coupling assembly being adapted for selectively coupling each of said free ends to said rear end of said carrying strap, said second coupling assembly including a primary mating member and a plurality of secondary mating members, each of said secondary mating members being adapted for being simultaneously removably coupled to said primary mating member, a first of said secondary mating members being attached to a first of said free ends, a second of said secondary mating members being attached to a second of said free ends, a third of said secondary mating members being attached to said rear end of said carrying strap; positioning the carrying strap on a back of a dog; attaching said first and second front leg straps to said front end of said carrying strap with said first coupling assembly such that said first front leg strap extends away from said front end, over a right shoulder of the dog, across the chest of the dog, under and behind a left leg of the dog and upwardly to the front end, and such that said second front leg strap extends away from said front end, over a left shoulder of the dog, across the chest of the dog, under and behind a right leg of the dog and upwardly to the front end; and extending each one of a pair of rear legs of the dog through one of said loop portions and attaching each of said free ends to said rear end with said second coupling assembly such that each of said rear legs is positioned in one of said loop portions.