Animal leash
FIG. 1 is a top left perspective view of a first embodiment of an animal leash showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a top view thereof, the bottom view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 3 is a right side view thereof, the left side being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 4 is a front view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second alternate embodiment of FIG. 1; wherein the difference between the embodiments is the valleys formed in the lead.
The broken line drawing of the snap hook and indicia in FIGS. 1-3 and 6-7 is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design. The animal leash is shown as broken away in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 to indicate indeterminate length.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 22, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 20, 1998
Inventor: Chris J. Jacobsen (Bigfork, MT)
Primary Examiner: Cathy Anne MacCormac
Law Firm: DeWitt Ross & Stevens SC
Application Number: 0/49,313