Patent ID: 8393302

Claim:
A device comprising a retractable leash system with which one or more pets can be walked from a single, handheld unit, wherein the device comprises an essentially four sided configuration wherein the upper side and lower side are described by convex circular arcs and the two sides are described by concave circular arcs and wherein the device is bifurcated to form an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the upper portion and lower portion are attached at their centers with a swivel device, further having at least one leash outlet at the bottom of the lower portion. and further a leash coiled in the upper portion, said leash which moves through the interior locking and release mechanism, around a spring loaded reel, then down through an outlet aperture at the bottom of the upper portion, wherein the outlet aperture is surrounded with a circular metal supporting lip, which mates with a matching perforated disk at the top of the lower portion, through an opening in the said swivel device, the said swivel device being defined as ball bearing swivel mechanism, and through an opening in the top of the lower portion and wherein the leash thus connects the upper and lower components of the device, and the upper and lower portions are permitted to rotate independently of one another, in a swiveling motion centered on two opposed supporting lips or washers which are mounted above and below a top and bottom race which, along with a cage, contains the ball bearings.