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US 8,006,650 B2Granted
Bicycle tethering device for pets
AssigneeWoof-Cycle, Inc.
InventorBryan Jonathan Tollman
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Abstract
A tethering system is used with a bicycle and a pet. The system has: a flexible tube having a proximal end and a distal end; the proximal end of the flexible tube having a plate connector having a bike attachment system and a removable connection with the flexible tube, the connector configured to attach to a position on a two-wheel bicycle within 15 cm of a rear axle on the two-wheel bicycle; and the distal end of the flexible tube having a connection system for a leash.
Claims13
A tethering system for use with a bicycle and a pet comprising:
- a flexible tube having a proximal end and a distal end;
- the proximal end of the flexible tube having a plate connector having a bike attachment system and a removable connection with the flexible tube, the connector configured to attach to a position on a two-wheel bicycle within 15 cm of a rear axle on the two-wheel bicycle;
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- the distal end of the flexible tube having a connection system for a leash, wherein the plate connector has a hole sized to attach directly to a rear axle of the two-wheel bicycle and a plate member that extends away from the plate connector to engage the flexible tube with a locking/unlocking mechanism, wherein the locking/unlocking mechanism comprises an elongated element that passes into a first side of the flexible tube, the elongated member engages the plate member and then the elongated member passes out of a second side of the flexible tube.
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A tethering system for use with a bicycle and a pet comprising:
- a flexible tube having a proximal end and a distal end;
- the proximal end of the flexible tube having a plate connector having a bike attachment system and a removable connection with the flexible tube, the connector configured to attach to a position on a two-wheel bicycle within 15 cm of a rear axle on the two-wheel bicycle;
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- the distal end of the flexible tube having a connection system for a leash,
- wherein the flexible tube has a locking/unlocking mechanism with the plate so that the flexible tube can be unlocked and removed from the plate while the plate remains attached to the frame component,
- wherein the flexible tube has a locking/unlocking mechanism with the plate so that the flexible tube can be unlocked and removed from the plate while the plate remains attached to the frame component, and
- wherein the locking connector for the leash comprises a peg that passes completely through the flexible tube and engages a leash or leash connector, the peg having a first end and a second end, the first end of the peg having a pivoting clamp that extends from the first end of the peg, around the flexible tube and removably engages the second end of the peg to prevent the peg from sliding out of the flexible tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.