Leash attachment
AssigneeTail Chasers LLC
InventorsKerry Cooke, Ian Kovacevich, Kassie Betts, Nouphone Bansasine
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Abstract
A leash attachment and method for using the leash attachment are provided. The leash attachment has a built-in flip open cup that allows an animal to drink from the flip open cup once liquid is expelled to the distal end of the cup via a nozzle. Unused liquid from the flip open cup drains back via a funnel into the leash attachment by way of a fill hole. The leash attachment attaches to a leash via a rolling cam with ridges on the cam's outer surface.
Claims19
A leash attachment comprising:
- A housing;
- a trigger;
- a cam;
- a fill hole;
- a liquid reservoir;
- a flip open cup;
- a dispensing mechanism;
- a grip;
- and a leash hole.
A leash attachment comprising:
- A housing;
- a trigger;
- a cam;
- a fill hole;
- a liquid reservoir;
- a flip open cup;
- a dispensing mechanism;
- a leash hole;
- a first pair of detents;
- and a second pair of detents;
- wherein the dispensing mechanism further comprises a body and at least one straw and is submersible within the liquid reservoir;
- the housing further comprises a grip;
- the first pair of detents keeps the flip open cup in a closed position and the second pair of detents keeps the cam in place when a leash is not attached and releases the cam from the leash attachment when pressed;
- the cam is a rolling structure with the leash rolling along ridges of the cam;
- the flip open cup rests on a top surface when in a closed position;
- the top surface is downwardly angled;
- the flip open cup swings outward to be in an open position, allowing a liquid to be expelled from a nozzle into the flip open cup;
- the leash enters and exits through the leash hole;
- the cam secures the leash;
- the trigger is connected to the dispensing mechanism;
- the liquid is aspirated from a first end of the at least one straw to a second end of the at least one straw connected to the nozzle;
- the liquid exits the nozzle when the trigger is deployed;
- the liquid enters the housing through the fill hole;
- the nozzle expels liquid towards a distal end of the flip open cup when the flip open cup is in the open position;
- a cap covers the fill hole;
- a locating pin allows for easy assembly of the flip open cup onto the leash attachment and for the flip open cup to be swung into the open position;
- and wherein a funnel drains unused liquid back through the fill hole into the liquid reservoir from the flip open cup.
A method of using a leash attachment to provide a liquid to a leashed animal, comprising the steps of:
- providing the leash attachment comprising:
- a housing, a trigger, a cam, a fill hole, a liquid reservoir, a flip open cup, a dispensing mechanism, a leash hole, a first pair of detents, and a second pair of detents;
- placing a leash through the leash hole;
- securing the leash with the cam and allowing the leash to roll along ridges of the cam;
- filling the liquid reservoir with a liquid through the fill hole;
- placing a cap on the fill hole;
- swinging the flip open cup outward from a top surface that is downwardly angled into an open position;
- depressing the trigger so that the dispensing mechanism via a nozzle expels the liquid towards a distal end of the flip open cup;
- and returning the flip open cup to a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.