Title: Illuminated animal collar and leash

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1. An illuminated animal collar and leash assembly comprising:

a flexible collar having electrically-energized light source means therein;

an elongated, flexible leash connected at one end to said collar and having electrically-energized light source means therein providing localized illumination spots along the length of the leash;

and battery means connected to said light source means in the leash and said light source means in the collar for energizing the same.

2. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 1, wherein said collar comprises an elongated band of light-transmitting material, and said light source means in the collar comprises a plurality of lamps mounted in said band at different locations spaced apart along its length.

3. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 2, wherein said battery means comprises one or more batteries mounted directly on said collar and connected to said plurality of lamps in the collar.

4. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 1, wherein said light source means in the collar comprises lamp means and a plurality of elongated optical fibers positioned to be illuminated at one end by said lamp means and terminating away from the latter at different locations along the length of the collar.

5. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 4, and further comprising:

a handle connected to the opposite end of the leash from collar and holding said battery means;

electrical wiring extending between said battery means in the handle and said light source means in the leash and extending to said collar;

and a plug-and-socket detachable connector between said wiring in the leash and said lamp means on the collar for electrically connecting said lamp means on the collar to said battery means in the handle.

6. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 5, wherein said leash comprises an elongated tube of flexible, light-transmitting material having a plurality of openings spaced apart along its length, and said light source means in the leash comprises a plurality of lamps mounted respectively at said openings in the tube and providing said localized illumination spots on the leash.

7. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 1 and further comprising:

a handle connected to the opposite end of the leash from the collar and holding said battery means;

electrical wiring extending between said battery means in the handle and said light source means in the leash and extending along the leash to said collar;

and a plug-and-socket detachable connector between said wiring in the leash and said light source means in the collar for electrically connecting said light source means in the collar to said battery means in the handle.

8. A collar and leash assembly according to claim 1, wherein said leash comprises an elongated tube of flexible, light-transmitting material having a plurality of openings spaced apart along its length, and said light source means in the leash comprises a plurality of lamps mounted respectively at said openings in the tube and providing said localized illumination spots on the leash.

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Inventors: Simmons, Allen P. (Hialeah, FL, US)

Application Number: 500460
Filing Date: 1974-08-26
Publication_date: 1976-01-27
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 362/108 340/321
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2721257	Oct, 1955	Knox	240/6.
3521049	Jul, 1970	Young	240/6.
3549878	Dec, 1970	Bailey	240/6.
3790775	Feb, 1974	Rosenblatt	240/6.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Wintercorn, Richard A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Oltman and Flynn