US 5,329,885 A · Leash-controllable dog harness

Abstract

A leash controllable harness adapted to inhibit a dog wearing the harness from straining against the leash held by an individual walking the dog, the harness inducing the dog to come to a halt or to walk at a pace acceptable to the leash holder. The harness is composed of a pair of loops that depend from a leash-coupling junction at which the loops are joined, the loops being angled at the junction with respect to each other so that they cross over at a crossover site below the junction. When the harness is installed on the dog, the coupling junction to which a leash is connected then overlies the dog's shoulder intermediate the right and left forelegs, and the crossover site lies under the dog's chest, one loop running from the site through the crotch between the chest and the left foreleg and back to the junction, the other loop running from this site through the crotch between the chest and the right foreleg back to the junction. Should the leash attached to the junction of the harness be strained, the harness loops then ride up the crotches to engage and apply pressure to the sensitive pits of the forelegs. The dog will then cease to strain against the leash in order to relax the discomfort-producing pressure.

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Dependent claims

A leash-controllable harness for a dog having a shoulder, a chest, left and right forelegs, a left foreleg crotch and a right foreleg crotch, each crotch leasing to a sensitive foreleg pit, said harness comprising:

(a) a junction to which a leash is attachable, said junction when the harness is installed on the dog lying over its shoulder;
and
(b) a pair of flexible loops depending from the junction and joined thereto at an angle to each other, the loops when the harness is installed crossing over at a crossover site against the chest of the dog at a position well above the forelegs, one loop running at an angle from the crossover site through the left crotch and back to the junction, the other loop running at an opposing angle from the crossover site through the right crotch back to the junction, whereby should the leash be pulled by a leash holder or strained against by the dog, the loops then ride up the left and right crotches to engage and apply pressure to the foreleg pits, thereby inducing the dog to take an action relaxing the pressure, the junction being formed by a slide having an opening, and each loop is formed by a strap, one end of the strap being attached to the slide, and the other end of the strap slidably passing through said opening in said slide and being coupled to a leash.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Leash-controllable dog harness

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Leash-controllable dog harness

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Abstract

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