Leash with slip collar and collar attachment for added safety
A leash for walking and controlling an animal, such as a dog, is provided with redundant connections in a single leash. The leash includes a quick-release clip for connecting to the fixed collar on the animal and a slip collar. The slip collar is normally slack, unless the animal escapes the quick-release clip or collar or harness. The slip collar is arranged to slide into a ‘choke collar’ configuration during this attempted escape. This single leash advantageously provides for redundancy.
1 . A leash comprising:
a length of webbing;
a ring connected to a distal end of the webbing, the ring sized to pass the distal end of the webbing back through the ring to form a slip collar; and
a quick-release clip fixed to the webbing at a length D from the distal end, wherein D is selected to be greater than a circumference of a dog's neck
and wherein the quick-release clip is fixed by one or more of a) sewing, b) riveting c) adhesive, or d) controlled melting of the webbing.
2 . The leash of claim 1 , further comprising a hand loop formed at a proximal end of the webbing.
3 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the quick-release clip is fixed by fixing the webbing to itself using at least one of a: rivet, sewing, and adhesive.
4 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein
a) length D is greater than
b) a length of the quick-release clip plus the circumference of the dog's neck.
5 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein
a) length D is greater than
b) a length of the quick-release clip plus the circumference of the dog's neck,
by an amount to create slack in the formed slip collar, which slack is between 5 and 8 cm.
6 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein length Dis 35 to 72 cms.
7 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the webbing consists of a single length of webbing.
8 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the webbing is composed of woven Nylon, polypropylene, rope, cord, or hemp.
9 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the ring has a D-ring, O-ring or square shape.
10 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the ring is sized to create a sliding fit with the webbing passing therethrough.
11 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the ring is sized to create an interference fit with the webbing passing therethrough.
12 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the quick-release clip is arranged to connect to a ring of a fixed collar or harness, such that, in normal use, the slip collar is slack and the quick-release clip is taut.
13 . The leash of claim 1 , wherein the slip collar is redundant when in normal use and taut when the dog escapes.
14 . A method of walking a dog using the a single leash of claim 1 , the method comprising:
connecting the quick-release clip to a fixed collar or harness on the dog;
placing the slip collar over the dog's neck with slack in the slip collar; and
in response to the quick-release clip or collar or harness coming undone, pulling on the leash to close the loop around the dog's neck.