Patent ID: 7174857

Claim:
An animal control device comprising: a harness comprising two collars, each collar having opposite ends; and a retractable leash assembly comprising: a housing having a disk-shaped case; two pairs of connectors, each pair of connectors extending laterally from opposing sides of the housing, each connector for being connected to one of the opposite ends of the harness; a spool latitudinally mounted in the disk-shaped case and including a plurality of detents arranged around an outer edge of the spool; a retractable leash connected to the spool through an opening in the disk-shaped case, being wound around the spool in a retracted mode, and being unwound from the spool and extended from the disk-shaped case in an extended mode; and a leash release mechanism laterally disposed over the spool, having a pin that is insertable into and removable from one of the plurality of detents, and having a button that is integrated with the housing to control the pin.