Patent ID: 7845312

Claim:
An animal restraint apparatus comprising: a rail formed about, and in a length along, a longitudinal axis, said rail having a rail bottom wall and a rail top wall opposed from said rail bottom wall, said rail bottom wall and said rail top wall formed along at least a portion of said length; a trolley longitudinally slidable along said rail, said trolley comprising: a trolley carriage disposed along a trolley length around a majority of said rail, said majority of said rail including said top wall; and a leash hitch coupled to said trolley carriage; at least one rail support member coupled to and adapted to support said rail; at least one trolley stop in operative connection with said rail, said trolley stop adapted to prevent longitudinally sliding movement of said trolley in a first direction along said rail; and a slide bearing disposed between at least a portion of an inner surface of said trolley carriage and a portion of said rail, said slide bearing comprising: a bearing body having a first surface and a second surface; a plurality of ridges disposed on said first surface, said ridges being at least substantially parallel to said longitudinal axis of said rail; and at least one retaining tab disposed on said second surface, at least one of said at least one retaining tab extending into a groove formed in said trolley carriage inner surface.