Adjustable reversible harness

Abstract

A reversible harness for an animal having a neck region and a waist region. The harness includes a chest piece, and a back piece having a back-side tethering strap. A leash connector is rotatably disposed on the tethering strap. The reversible harness further includes a first adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the neck region of the animal, and a second adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the waist region of the animal. The harness is adapted to fit a wide variety of sizes of animals. Additionally, owing to at least one top fabric portion and at the least one bottom fabric portion of the back piece, and a first chest-side fabric portion and a second chest-side fabric portion of the chest piece, the harness is reversible.

I/We claim: 
     
         1 . A reversible harness for an animal having a neck region and a waist region, the harness comprising:
 a chest piece;   a back piece having a back-side tethering strap, the back-side tethering strap including a proximal end having a first loop, a distal end having a second loop, and a center portion between the first loop and the second loop;   a leash connector rotatably disposed on the center portion of the tethering strap;   a first adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the neck region of the animal, the first adjustable strap slidably extending through the first loop; and   a second adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the waist region of the animal, the second adjustable strap slidably extending through the second loop.   
     
     
         2 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the leash connector includes a ring. 
     
     
         3 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the back piece includes at least one top fabric portion and at least one bottom fabric portion. 
     
     
         4 . The harness of  claim 3 , wherein the back-side tethering strap is positioned between the top fabric portion and the bottom fabric portion. 
     
     
         5 . The harness of  claim 3 , wherein the top fabric portion and the bottom fabric portion form a first back-side channel and a second back-side channel, and the first adjustable strap extends through the first back-side channel and the second adjustable strap extends through the second back-side channel. 
     
     
         6 . The harness of  claim 5 , wherein the first loop of the tethering strap is positioned within the first back-side channel and the second loop of the tethering strap is positioned within the second back-side channel. 
     
     
         7 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the chest piece includes a first chest-side fabric portion and a second chest-side fabric portion. 
     
     
         8 . A reversible harness for an animal having a neck region and a waist region, the harness comprising:
 a chest piece;   a back piece having a back-side tethering strap;   a leash connector rotatably disposed on the tethering strap;   a first adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the neck region of the animal; and   a second adjustable strap to secure the chest piece to the back piece about the waist region of the animal,   wherein the chest piece includes a first chest-side fabric portion and a second chest-side fabric portion,   wherein the chest piece includes a chest-side tethering strap positioned between the first and second chest-side fabric portions.   
     
     
         9 . The harness of  claim 8 , wherein the chest-side tethering strap includes a proximal end having a third loop and a distal end having a fourth loop, and the first adjustable strap extends through the third loop and the second adjustable strap extends through the fourth loop. 
     
     
         10 . The harness of  claim 7 , wherein the first and second chest-side fabric portions form a first chest-side channel and a second chest-side channel, and the first adjustable strap extends through the first chest-side channel and the second adjustable strap extends through the second chest-side channel. 
     
     
         11 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the first adjustable strap includes a first adjusting slide to adjust a length of the first adjustable strap. 
     
     
         12 . The harness of  claim 11 , wherein the second adjustable strap includes a second adjusting slide to adjust a length of the second adjustable strap. 
     
     
         13 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the chest piece is substantially H-shaped. 
     
     
         14 . The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the back piece is substantially H-shaped. 
     
     
         15 . A method of securing the reversible harness of  claim 1  to an animal, the method comprising the steps of:
 positioning the back piece in contact with a back region of the animal; 
 positioning the chest piece in contact with a chest region of the animal; 
 adjusting a length of the first adjustable strap to accommodate a neck region of the animal; and 
 adjusting a length of the second adjustable strap to accommodate a waist region of the animal. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising the step of affixing a leash to the leash connector.