Universally attachable leash bag for the sanitary collection and transport of pet waste and personal items

• US 9,565,836 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Christine H. Conley
• Original Assignee: Christine H. Conley
• Inventors: Conley, Christine H
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, STEPHEN A
• Application Number:
  US14/534,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20160128306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 27/008 with pockets or similar for carrying accessories
• CPC Class Codes: B31B 70/68 by stitching, stapling or riveting

Abstract

One embodiment of a universally attachable leash bag having an interior chamber for temporary storage of retrieved pet waste secured in waste bags and exterior pockets for supplies or personal belongings. Bag is formed of a single piece of material fitted with a zipper along the lower edges and partially up the side edges. When engaged, zipper creates a bag form with interior chamber. Zipper is utilized when emptying the chamber to prevent pet owner from direct handling of waste. The vertically extended sides of the bag, fitted with corresponding members of hook-and-loop tape, feed through the pet leash handle forming a secure method of attachment. The front edge of leash bag is fitted with a reinforcing device to create an opening for the extended end of the leash to pass through creating a secondary means of attachment and a utility hook for carrying items or tertiary means of attachment.

Claims

1. A leash bag comprising:

a first portion having a first hook-and-loop tape at a first end of the leash bag;

a second portion having a second hook-and-loop tape at a second end of the leash bag, the second end opposite the first end;

an orifice positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the orifice is sized and shaped for inserting a leash therethrough;

a closure extending between the first end of the leash bag and the second end of the leash bag; and

a receptacle area formed by bending or folding the first end toward the second end and securing the first end to the second end in a bent or folded position, wherein the closure secures the first portion to the second portion to form walls, and further wherein the closure forms a bottom of the receptacle area, wherein the closure is a zipper closure and is secured along the bottom of the leash bag from a location below the orifice at the bent or folded position toward the first hook-and-loop tape.

2. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the first hook-and-loop tape is securable to the second hook-and-loop tape to secure the first portion to the second portion to form the receptacle area.

3. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the leash bag has a first length prior to being bent or folded, and further wherein the leash bag at the bent or folded position has a second length defined between the orifice at a first top end and the first hook-and-loop tape and the second hook-and-loop at a second top end, opposite the first top end.

4. The leash bag of claim 3 wherein the second length is approximately half of the first length.

5. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the first portion and the second portion are formed from solitary and unseamed fabric.

6. The leash bag of claim 1 further comprising:

a pocket on an exterior of the first portion or the second portion, the receptacle area formed within an interior of the first portion and the second portion.

7. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the first portion has a first extended strap, the first hook-and-loop tape positioned at the first extended strap, and further wherein the second portion has a second extended strap, the second hook-and-loop tape positioned at the second extended strap.

8. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the first hook-and-loop tape and the second hook-and-loop tape are securable to a leash handle to prevent the leash from moving through the orifice.

9. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the closure is movable to unsecure the bottom to the first portion or the second portion such that contents within the receptacle area are movable through an opening between the bottom and the first portion or the second portion.

10. The leash bag of claim 1 wherein the first portion is folded or bended onto the second portion prior to securing the first hook-and-loop tape to the second hook-and-loop tape.

11. A leash bag comprising:

a first portion having a first retainer strap at a first end of the leash bag;

a second portion having a second retainer strap positioned at a second end of the leash bag, the second end opposite the first end;

an orifice positioned between the first retainer strap and the second retainer strap, the orifice sized and shaped for receiving a leash therethrough;

a closure extending between the first end of the leash bag and the second end of the leash bag, the closure engagable to align and permit engagement of the first retainer strap with the second retainer strap;

an interior chamber formed from folding or bending the first portion onto the second portion and securing the first end to the second end in a bent of folded position, wherein the closure secures the first portion to the second portion for form walls and further wherein the closure forms a bottom of the interior chamber, positioned between the closure and the first retainer strap; and

wherein the closure is a zipper closure and is secured along the bottom of the leash bag from a location below the orifice at the bent or folded position toward the first retainer strap.

12. The leash bag of claim 11 wherein the first retainer strap has a hook-and-loop tape and the second retainer strap has a hook-and-loop tape and further wherein the orifice is approximately the same distance from the first retainer strap as the second retainer strap.

13. The leash bag of claim 12 wherein unzipping the zipper closure opens the interior chamber such that contents within the interior chamber moves through the interior chamber away from the orifice.

14. The leash bag of claim 13 further comprising:

a pocket on the first portion or the second portion on an external side of the leash bag, the pocket formed of a mesh material with an elastic top.