US 4,501,230 AGranted

Retracting and locking animal leash

OwnerArnold T. Taloinventor

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Abstract

A hand-held apparatus which dispenses, retracts and locks an animal leash in a desired position is disclosed characterized by a spool housing sized to store a length of cord and a handle portion adapted to be grasped in the hand of a user. The spool housing rotably mounts a spool having the length of cord wrapped thereabout with the distal end of the cord being attachable to an animal collar. A coil spring is mounted between the spool and spool housing to continuously bias the length of cord in a retracted position about the spool. A high strength locking mechanism adapted to selectively apply friction to the spool and positively prevent the cord from being dispensed or retracted from the spool is provided which is actuable by way of a trigger lever formed on the handle portion of the housing. A cam actuator stop is additionally provided to maintain the locking mechanism in a locked orientation.

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Dependent claims

A retracting and locking animal leash device comprising:

a housing having a handle portion adapted to be grasped in the hand of a user and a reservoir portion adapted to store an elongate leash;
a spool rotably mounted within said reservoir portion;
an elongate leash positioned about said spool and extensible from said reservoir portion;
means positioned within said reservoir portion for biasing said spool in a rotational direction to continuously urge said leash in a retracted orientation about said spool;
a pair of conical shaped pad members positioned within said reservoir portion actuable to frictionally engaging said spool and preventing rotation of said spool;
a trigger level pivotally mounted to said handle portion for actuating said brake means into frictional engagement with said spool;
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locking means cooperating with said trigger lever for selectively maintaining said brake means in engagement with said spool;
said spool having a pair of perripheral recesses formed in a complimentary configuration to said pair of conical-shaped pad members and said pair of conical-shaped pad members being mounted to said trigger lever.

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