Patent ID: 6792893
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device for walking two animals simultaneously, comprising:a. a housing having a means for enabling an operator to grasp said housing, b. two separate spool assemblies rotatably mounted inside said housing, c. two separate leashes mounted on said respective spool assemblies, d. said respective spool assemblies being arranged to selectively wind said respective leashes, e. said housing having two apertures, said leashes extending out of said housing through said respective apertures, said apertures being located so that said leashes extend out of said housing in the sane general directions so that said leashes may be used to control two animals by a single person holding said housing, f. each of said leashes having an end outside said housing with a clip or snap thereat for attaching said leash to a respective animal, and g. a plurality of buttons on said housing, each of said buttons arranged to inhibit rotation of a respective spool assembly in response to depression of said button and allow rotation of said spool assembly when said button is not depressed, â€ƒwhereby each animal may be kept at its own distance from said person independent of the other animal and said person can maintain control of said animals without fumbling with two individual devices.