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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert A Harwell, Johnsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
119109 ; 119110 ;
Abstract
A stay assembly comprising a tether, a tether retracting mechanism carried by an animal collar and a slotted clip body carried by the belt of a person. One end of the tether is secured to a spool biased by a spring of the retracting mechanism and the other end of the tether has an enlarged member which is quickly attachable to and releasable from the slot of the belt clip body in which it is securely held by the tension applied to the tether by the spring biased spool. The animal collar may be attached to a wall of the retracting mechanism or pass through a channel within the housing of this mechanism.