US 12,219,930 B2
Detachable cover for a retractable dog leash
Joseph E. Kovarik, Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by Joseph E. Kovarik, Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,243.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/954,848, filed on Dec. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195872 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 27/00 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 27/004 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0024 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leash cover for a retractable leash, comprising:
a tubular member having a first and second end, the first end configured to facilitate a bare human hand entering the first end, so that a pet owner can grip a handle with their bare hands, said first end retaining an open configuration even when a human hand is not inserted in said first end; and the second end having an elastic material configured to laterally stretch over a girth of the retractable leash at a mid-portion of the retractable leash and to hold the tubular member in a static position at said mid-portion on the retractable leash, wherein the retractable leash has an aperture through which a retractable leash exits;
wherein the elastic material comprises a laterally extending strap that is configured to wrap around a distal portion of a retractable leash; wherein the elastic material is connected to the second end and laterally stretches over the mid-portion of the retractable leash to secure the second end to the retractable leash, and wherein said laterally extending strap does not reduce the size of said second end;
wherein when the second end is positioned at the mid-portion of the retractable leash, the first end of the tubular member extends beyond a gripping portion of the retractable leash by at least 3 inches; and said first end of the tubular member is devoid of any separate constricting element designed to constrict the first end around a wrist of a use; wherein the leash cover only partially covers the retractable leash such that the aperture of the retractable leash is unobstructed,
wherein the second end of the tubular member stretches over the girth of the retractable leash so as to preclude a flow of cold air between the tubular member and the retractable leash, wherein the second end is devoid of a separate elastic band around a circumference of the second end, wherein the elastic material is connected to each side of the second end; and
wherein fur encircles the interior circumference of both the first and second ends and does not extend to a region between the first and second ends, and wherein the fur does not extend outwardly from the first and second ends.