Patent ID: 6925965

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 relative to the longitudinal axis of said central cylindrical braided rope core, said cylindrical reflective braided sleeve being operable to surround said central cylindrical braided rope core thereby providing omnidirectional reflectivity; c. 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; d. said flexible retroreflective sheet having retroreflectors bonded thereto with a transparent bond layer; and e. 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.