# US 2009/0260580 A1 · Animal Run Line Cornering Mechanism

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- Number: US 2009/0260580 A1
- Document ID: US20090260580A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/493,651
- Filed: 2009-06-29
- Published: 2009-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2009-06-29
- Inventors: Paul E. Boyle; Steven Amarello
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260580A1

## CPC

- A01K 1/04: Tethering-poles or the like
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

## Abstract

An animal run line cornering mechanism with a corner component and leash component. The corner component is dumbbell shaped with a narrow body, a ball at one end with an aperture for the line, and a support attachment. The leash component has a tubular line ring with a shaped gap so that it appears C-shaped in end view, and leash ring attached to the line ring. The gap is wider than the corner component body and narrower than the line so that it is captured by the line. The line ring diameter is larger than the corner component ball and line diameters so that it moves freely along the line. The gap is defined by opposed edges of the line ring walls that taper to a rounded apexes. When the body hits the a tapered line ring wall, the body slides along the wall until it slides through the gap.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An animal run line cornering mechanism comprising:
(a) a corner component including a cylindrical body with a diameter and two opposed ends, a ball with a diameter at one of said ends, and a support attachment at the other of said ends, said ball including a through hole adapted to receive said line; and
(b) a leash attachment having a tubular line ring with ends, a wall, and diameter larger than said ball diameter, a leash ring attached to said line ring wall, opposed edges of said wall curving inwardly to opposed apexes to form a gap defined by said apexes, said gap being wider than said body diameter and adapted to be narrower than said line;
(c) whereby, when said line ring is captured on said line, said support attachment is attached to a stationary support, and said leash attachment moves along said line to corner component, said curved line ring wall strikes said corner component body and guides said body through said gap.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The animal run line cornering mechanism of claim 1 wherein said corner component is composed of a rigid material

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The animal run line cornering mechanism of claim 1 wherein said corner component body is composed of a flexible material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The animal run line cornering mechanism of claim 1 wherein said support attachment is a block with a through aperture.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The animal run line cornering mechanism of claim 1 wherein said line ring ends are rounded.