Patent ID: 6978738

Claim:
A reflective pet leash, comprising: a. a central cylindrical braided rope core operable to sustain substantial tensile forces; b. a cylindrical reflective braided sleeve comprising three or more narrow width reflective strips that are braided at a shallow cylindrical braid angle, said cylindrical reflective braided sleeve being operable to surround said central cylindrical braided rope core thereby providing omnidirectional reflectivity; c. said cylindrical reflective braided sleeve substantially coated with a conformal transparent polymeric abrasion resistant coating; d. said narrow width reflective strips comprising a woven or knitted narrow width strip and a flexible retroreflective sheet, said woven or knitted narrow width strip having a show surface, and said flexible retroreflective sheet being thermally bonded onto said show surface thereof; e. said flexible retroreflective sheet having retroreflectors bonded thereto with a transparent bond layer; f. said transparent polymeric abrasion resistant coating having a refractive index lower than that of said retroreflectors; and g. said leash having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being looped and braided to form an omnidirectionally reflective handle, and the distal end being looped and braided and attached to a metallic hardware component operable with said rope core and surrounding braided sleeve to form a pet collar having omnidirectional reflectivity.