Patent ID: 7467604

Claim:
A hands free dog leash to be used by a person having a waist and a pair of oppositely disposed hips and attached to a portion of a dog collar, the dog leash comprising: a. a belt for wearing around the waist of the person and fastening behind the person by a mating buckle assembly attached to each respective end of the belt, a flexible belt having a pair of webbing tabs respectively affixed onto the belt at a location adjacent each respective hip area of the person; b. a flexible waist cord having opposite ends with a connector member attached to each respective end, each connector member connected to a respective webbing tab by a metal swivel; c. a pulley rotatably mounted on the flexible cord so that the pulley can ride on the flexible cord, the pulley having a covering means and one mating member of a quick disconnect buckle assembly attached to the pulley cover; d. a leash handle having a mating member of a quick disconnect buckle assembly at one end which interconnects with the mating quick disconnect buckle assembly attached to the covering means of the pulley; e. an elastic coil having a connector member at one end through which it is connected to a metal swivel attached to an end of the leash handle and connected at its opposite end by another connector to a metal swivel which in turn is connected to a connecting hook assembly, the connecting hook assembly comprising having a connecting hook at its opposite end and a padded covering member which can cover at least a portion of the connecting hook when it is in use attached to a portion of the dog collar, the connecting hook assembly further comprising a nylon webbing connected at one end to the metal swivel, and at its other end to the connecting hook, the padded covering also made of nylon and slidable on the nylon webbing; f. said leash for a handle further comprising a flexible section supporting said mating member of said quick disconnect buckle assembly and also supporting a leash assembly having one mating buckle on the flexible section and a second mating buckle at one end of the leash handle so that the leash handle can be opened to expose one mating buckle; and g. said connecting hook assembly further comprising a mating buckle which receives the mating buckle from the leash handle when the leash handle is in the opened condition.