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US 9,848,583 B2Granted
Retractable leash
OwnerEllis Junior Smith, Jacob Ellis Smithinventors
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Abstract
A retractable leash having an internal spooling mechanism, active damping/braking mechanism and sensor activated ultrasonic whistle. The spooling mechanism is contained in a handle and oscillates linearly up and down when the leash member is unwound. A finger separator is contained in the handle, the finger separator having an internal channel with openings to permit the leash member to be unwound therethrough.
Claims20
A retractable leash comprising
- a housing having an interior and forming a handle, the handle having a top and a bottom;
- a spool located in the interior of the housing, the spool located on a shaft, the shaft also located in the interior of the housing;
- a finger separator positioned away from the handle top and handle bottom and extending outwardly from the handle, the finger separator having an aperture at a distal end and an internal channel, the internal channel providing communication between the aperture and the interior of the housing;
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- a leash member affixed to the spool and extending through the internal channel of the finger separator and through the aperture of the finger separator;
- wherein the spool oscillates continuously up and down the shaft as the leash member is unwound from the spool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.