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US 10,244,735 B2Granted
Pet treat delivery systems
AssigneeStarmark Pet Products, Inc.
InventorsJerry J. Wolfe, Jr., Harold Keith Benson
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Abstract
An animal treat delivery system includes an elongated body formed of an animal digestible material and having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface defines a cavity and includes a plurality of projections extending from the interior surface into the cavity. One or more of the plurality of animal digestible treats are retained within the cavity of the elongated body by the projections.
Claims11
An animal treat delivery system, comprising:
- an elongated body formed of an animal digestible material, said elongated body having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an interior cavity extending along a longest dimension of the elongated body and terminating at an opening, wherein the interior surface includes a plurality of projections extending along the longest dimension of the elongated body and projecting from the interior surface into the interior cavity and terminating at free ends spaced apart from one another by at least at least an interior dimension;
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- a plurality of discrete animal digestible treats disposed within the interior cavity of the elongated body, wherein:
- the plurality of discrete animal digestible treats all have a first dimension less than the interior dimension;
- one or more first treats among the plurality of discrete animal digestible treats are installed within the interior cavity in a first orientation such that the first treats easily slide along the interior cavity between the free ends of the plurality of projections;
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- one or more second treats among of the plurality of discrete animal digestible treats have a second dimension fitting with interference fit in the interior dimension, and wherein the second treats are wedged between the free ends of the plurality of projections in a second orientation different from the first orientation, such that the one or more second treats temporarily retain the one or more first treats within the interior cavity and temporarily prevent the one or more first treats from sliding out the opening.
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A method of making an animal treat delivery system, comprising:
- extruding from an animal digestible material an elongated body having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining an interior cavity extending along a longest dimension of the elongated body and terminating at an opening, wherein the interior surface includes a plurality of projections extending along the longest dimension of the elongated body and projecting from the interior surface into the interior cavity and terminating at free ends spaced apart from one another by at least at least an interior dimension;
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- forming a plurality of discrete animal digestible treats all having a first dimension less than the interior dimension, such that one or more first treats among the plurality of discrete animal digestible treats disposed in a first orientation easily slide along the interior cavity between the free ends of the plurality of projections, and such that one or more second treats among the plurality of discrete animal digestible treats have a second dimension sized for interference fit between the free ends of the plurality of projections to temporarily prevent the one or more first treats from sliding out the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.