Leash attachment system with flip cup and liquid dispenser
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 form 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.
Claims12
A leash attachment comprising:
- a housing receiving and storing a liquid;
- a leash hole integral to the housing;
- a cam positioned within the leash hole;
- a fill hole in the housing receiving the liquid;
- a flip open cup attached to the housing;
- a dispensing mechanism within the housing, the dispensing mechanism comprising a body and at least one straw;
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- an external trigger in communication with the dispensing mechanism body.
A method of dispensing a liquid, the method comprising:
- activating a dispensing mechanism by depressing an external trigger so that the liquid flows from a nozzle into a flip open cup, wherein a pair of detents keeps a cam in place and secures a leash.
A method of dispensing a liquid, the method comprising:
- activating a dispensing mechanism by depressing an external trigger so that the liquid flows from a nozzle into a flip open cup;
- wherein unused liquid from the flip open cup is directed via a funnel back through a fill hole into a housing, the flip open cup returns to a closed position when not in use, a first pair of detents keep the flip open cup in the closed position, a second pair of detents keeps a cam in place and secures a leash, the second pair of detents, when pressed, releases the cam from the housing, a locating pin allows the flip open cup to swing outward into an open position, the leash rolls around an outer surface of the cam, the flip open cup rests on a top surface of the housing when in the closed position, liquid expressed from the nozzle is directed towards a distal end of the flip open cup when the flip open cup is in the open position, the flip open cup is angled downward on the top surface when the flip open cup is in the closed position, and the cam is positioned on a front surface of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.