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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1994
James F Ward, Rome, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A harness having four sets of straps extendable around a dog's torso, with one of these strap sets being disposed proximate with the dog's neck and another with its hindquarters, at least one longitudinally-extending upper strap member, and a flexible truss including a pair of strips of unequal length coupled together by a connector such as a D-ring slidably received by the strips and movable along substantially the length of the shorter strip. The pair of strips so coupled define a branched structure having branches of continously variable length. The strap sets, as well as the ends of each strip, are attached to the upper strap member, the distal ends of each strip being spaced apart from each other and from the ends of the other strip. Moreover, the distal ends of the shorter strip are disposed proximate with a contiguous pair of sets of straps and with one end of the shorter strip on one side of the midpoint of the upper strap member and the other on the other side of this midpoint. When a dog is suspended in the harness by a leash attached to the connector, the flexible truss supports each of the strap sets of the harness in such a way that the weight of the dog's body is spread substantially evenly along the length of the harness. Alternately, when the leash/harness is used to restrain a dog, restraining forces are transmitted through the connector and into the branched structure in such a way as to avoid applying excessive loads, generally independently of the direction in which the leash is being pulled, to any one particular portion of the animal's body.