Patent ID: 8061305

Claim:
A leash handle for use with a flexible leash, the leash handle comprising: a) two handle halves secured together; the two handle halves each having a front, a back, a top and a bottom; i) the two handle halves forming a rigid storage compartment with a front, a back, a top and a bottom; a) the interface between the two handle halves extending along the front, back, top and bottom of the storage compartment; wherein the front of the handle halves establish the front of the storage compartment, the back of the handle halves establish the back of the storage compartment, the top of the handle halves establish the top of the storage compartment, and the bottom of the handle halves establish the bottom of the storage compartment; ii) the two handle halves further forming an access slot at the interface of the two handle halves for introducing and removing an article from the storage compartment; wherein said access slots include flexible elastomeric elements that are manually openable and closeable as the elements are flexed and un-flexed, respectively; and wherein the elastomeric flexible elements are permanently attached to the rigid storage compartment; b) a hand grip with a top end and a bottom end; the hand grip extending in a continuous lengthwise segment between the top end and the bottom end for gripping thereof by the user; i) the hand grip being spaced rearwardly of the storage compartment to define a space therebetween for the user's fingers when the user is gripping the hand grip; c) top and bottom connecting means integrally connecting the top and bottom of the storage compartment with the top and bottom ends of the hand grip, respectively; i) the top and bottom connecting means being spaced apart, above and below said space, respectively, to enclose the top and bottom of said space for the user's fingers when the user is gripping the hand grip; and d) leash connecting means connected at the front of the storage compartment.