Patent ID: 8336504

Claim:
A pet restraint assembly comprising: a collar having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a medial portion extending between said first end portion and said second end portion; a buckle coupled to said first end portion of said collar, said buckle being selectively securable to said second end portion of said collar whereby said collar is configured for being secured around a neck of an animal; a reel assembly coupled to said medial portion of said collar; a line having a first end coupled to said reel assembly, said line having a second end selectively extendable from said reel assembly; wherein said reel assembly includes a housing, a biasing member, a spool, and a spindle, said spool being rotatably coupled to said spindle, said biasing member being coupled to said spindle and said spool, said first end of said line being coupled to said spool whereby said biasing member urges said line to be coiled onto said spool; said medial portion of said collar having a planar top surface; said housing having a planar bottom surface abutting said planar top surface of said medial portion of said collar; and wherein said planar top surface of said medial portion of said collar extends outwardly from an outer perimeter of said bottom surface of said housing whereby said bottom surface of said housing is fully covered by said medial portion of said collar.