Grooming tether device

Claim 1

A GROOMING TETHER DEVICE FOR AN ANIMAL, COMPRISING GROOMING ARM MEANS HAVING AN UPRIGHT PORTION AND A LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM PORTION, SAID LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM PORTION HAVING TWO OPENINGS THERIN, TETHER MEANS COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE CORD HAVING RESPECTIVE STRANDS THEREOF EXTENDING THROUGH SAID RESPECTIVE OPENINGS TO DEFINE A LOOP BELOW SAID LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM PORTION, FIRST HOLDING MEANS ON SAID TETHER STRANDS ABOVE SAID LATERALLY EXTENDING GROOMING ARM PORTION AND POSITIONALLY ADJUSTABLE ALONG THE STRANDS, SAID FIRST HOLDING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE STRANDS TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION THEREON AND TO COOPERATE WITH THE LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM PORTION TO SECURE THE TETHER STRANDS AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID ARM PORTION, THEREBY ESTABLISHING THE VERTICAL POSITION OF THE TETHER MEANS TO ACCOMMODATE THE HEIGHT OF THE ANIMAL, AND SECOND HOLDING MEANS POSITIONABLE ALONG SAID TETHER STRANDS BELOW THE LATERALLY EXTENDING ARM PORTION AND ADJUSTABLE IN POSITION THEREON, SAID SECOND HOLDING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE STRANDS TO MAINTAIN ITS POSITION THEREON AND TO SECURE THE STRANDS TOGETHER TO DEFINE A LOOP SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THE ANIMAL TO BE GROOMED.