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US 9,844,208 B2Granted
Emergency leash
OwnerJohn Robert Harris, IIinventor
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Abstract
A leash includes a container housing to be carried on a collar, chain, harness or other similar restraint, readily available for use. An outer end of a leash strap can be pulled by a user to dispense the leash strap for use, and the leash can be retracted and rewound in the container housing. The leash can be latched in a retracted configuration to prevent unwanted extension of the leash, and can be unlatched by a user for extension or storage of the leash in the retracted configuration. In one form the leash includes a thumb wheel that can be turned by a user on an inner rotatable spool in an unlatched position, and rotation of the thumb wheel is prevented in a latched position.
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A leash configured to be connected to an article for restraining or controlling an animal or a child, comprising:
- a leash container housing including a stationary outer circumferential case portion, a first container side wall and a second container side wall fixedly attached to said stationary outer circumferential case portion and defining an interior chamber therein, a rewinding slot being defined at a radially outer portion of said stationary outer circumferential case, and a leash strap opening being defined in said stationary outer circumferential case portion;
- a fixed spindle extending between said first container side wall and second container side wall substantially perpendicular to said first container side wall and second container side wall;
- an inner rotatable spool portion rotatably mounted between the first container side wall and second container side wall over said fixed spindle, said inner rotatable spool portion including a substantially circular outer thumb wheel rigidly affixed to an outer end of said inner rotatable spool portion and disposed interior to and adjacent to one of said first container side wall and second container side wall, said thumb wheel including an outer edge including a plurality of ridges and grooves, said outer edge and said plurality of ridges and grooves extending radially outward through said rewinding slot to permit a user to turn said inner rotatable spool portion by turning said plurality of ridges and grooves of said thumb wheel;
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- a leash strap having an inner end and an outer end, said leash strap extending through said leash strap opening in said stationary outer circumferential case portion, said leash strap having a coiled configuration coiled within the container housing and an extended configuration extending from the container housing.
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A leash configured to be connected to an article for restraining or controlling an animal or a child, comprising:
- a leash container housing including a stationary outer circumferential case portion, a first container side wall and a second container side wall fixedly attached to said stationary outer circumferential case portion and defining an interior chamber therein, and a leash strap opening being defined in said stationary outer circumferential case portion;
- a fixed spindle extending between said first container side wall and second container side wall substantially perpendicular to said first container side wall and second container side wall;
- an inner rotatable spool portion rotatably mounted between the first container side wall and second container side wall over said fixed spindle;
- a leash strap having an inner end and an outer end, said leash strap extending through said leash strap opening in said stationary outer circumferential case portion, said leash strap having a coiled configuration coiled within the container housing and an extended configuration extending from the container housing;
- a connector assembly including a cylindrical stem connected to said outer end of said leash strap, said cylindrical stem including an end portion with an outer surface defining a recess;
- a latch pin slidably mounted in the interior chamber adjacent to a first opening through the leash container housing, said latch pin being movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, said recess of said cylindrical stem being configured to receive said latch pin in said latched position when said leash strap is in said coiled configuration;
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- a latch control button mounted adjacent to said latch pin and having a first portion extending through a second opening through said leash container housing and a second portion abutting said latch pin, said latch control button being pivotally mounted in the interior chamber and movable between a first latching control position and a second latching control position, said latch control button moving said latch pin to said latched position in said first latching control position, and said latch control button releasing said latch pin to be free to move to said unlatched position in said second latching control position, said latch control button being biased to said first latching control position, and said second portion of said latch control button moving to release said latch pin to be free to move to said unlatched position when said first portion of said latch control button is pressed inwardly within said interior chamber of said container housing.
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A leash configured to be connected to an article for restraining or controlling an animal or a child, comprising:
- a leash container housing including a stationary outer circumferential case portion, a first container side wall and a second container side wall fixedly attached to said stationary outer circumferential case portion and defining an interior chamber therein, and a leash strap opening being defined in said stationary outer circumferential case portion;
- a fixed spindle extending between said first container side wall and second container side wall substantially perpendicular to said first container side wall and second container side wall;
- an inner rotatable spool portion rotatably mounted between the first container side wall and second container side wall over said fixed spindle;
- a leash strap having an inner end and an outer end, said leash strap extending through said leash strap opening in said stationary outer circumferential case portion, said leash strap having a coiled configuration coiled within the container housing and an extended configuration extending from the container housing;
- a biasing member having an inner end and an outer end, said biasing member being disposed in said interior chamber and fixedly attached at the inner end of the biasing member to a portion of said container housing, said inner end of said leash strap being connected to said outer end of said biasing member, and said leash strap being biased to be in said coiled configuration by said biasing member;
- a connector assembly including a cylindrical stem connected to said outer end of said leash strap, said cylindrical stem including an end portion with an outer surface defining a recess;
- a latch pin slidably mounted in the interior chamber adjacent to a first opening through the leash container housing, said latch pin being movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, said recess of said cylindrical stem being configured to receive said latch pin in said latched position when said leash strap is in said coiled configuration;
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- a latch control button mounted adjacent to said latch pin and having a first portion extending through a second opening through said leash container housing and a second portion abutting said latch pin, said latch control button being pivotally mounted in the interior chamber and movable between a first latching control position and a second latching control position, said latch control button moving said latch pin to said latched position in said first latching control position, and said latch control button releasing said latch pin to be free to move to said unlatched position in said second latching control position, said latch control button being biased to said first latching control position, and said second portion of said latch control button moving to release said latch pin to be free to move to said unlatched position when said first portion of said latch control button is pressed inwardly within said interior chamber of said container housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.