Patent ID: 8499421

Claim:
A restraining device, comprising: an elongated strap having a first end and a second end; an attaching member having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion attached to the first end of the elongated strap where the first end of the elongated strap extends through an opening in the attachment member, is reverse folded and sewn together securing the first end of the elongated strap to the attachment member, and the second portion having an opening through which the second end of the elongated strap is slidably received; a ring attached to the second end of the elongated strap where the second end of the elongated strap extends through the ring, is reverse folded and sewn together securing the second end of the elongated strap to the ring; a retaining strap attached to a side of the elongated strap between, and separate from, the reverse folded second end of the attachment strap and the second portion of the attaching member, the retaining strap defining a series of loops across a section of the elongated strap, wherein each loop in the series of loops having a first side fixedly secured to the elongated strap and a second side fixedly secured to the elongated strap, and wherein the each loop in the series of loops shares at least one of the first side and the second side of an adjacent loop in the series of loops; and a fastening member attached to the ring wherein the fastening member hooks onto a loop in the series of loops to adjust the length of the second end and prevent the second end from dragging on the ground outside the car.