# US 10,440,937 B2 · Window play toy for cats and pets

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- Number: US 10,440,937 B2
- Document ID: US10440937B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/219,508
- Filed: 2016-07-26
- Published: 2018-03-22
- Granted: 2019-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-26
- Assignees: K&H Manufacturing, LLC
- Applicants: James Donald Koskey
- Inventors: James Donald Koskey
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10440937B2

## CPC

- A01K 15/025: {Toys specially adapted for animals}
- A01K 15/0257: {specially adapted for cats, e.g. resembling prey}
- F16B 47/00: Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives {(devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02)}
- A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)

## Abstract

A window play toy for cats and pets has a plastic housing with an elongated curvilinear interior space. The plastic housing has a number of openings. A first pinching slot is attached to the first end of the plastic housing and a second pinching slot is attached to the second end of the plastic housing. A pair of suction cups engage the pair of pinching slots. A ball engages the curvilinear interior space and is trapped between the window and the plastic housing. In one case, the housing is attached to window using an adhesive tape and in this case no pinching slots are required.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A window play toy for pets, comprising:
a singular plastic housing;
a pair of attachment devices;
a partial channel having a plurality of random bends along a length of the singular plastic housing and a first end attached to one of the attachment devices and a second end attached to a second of the attachment devices, wherein the each of the attachment devices are suction cups;
a ball engaging a concave side of the partial channel wherein the pair of attachment devices are attached to a flat surface;
a first pinching slot attached to the first end of the partial channel and a second pinching slot attached to the second end of the partial channel, wherein a nipple of a first suction cup engages the first pinching slot and a nipple of a second suction cup engages the second pinching slot;
wherein the concave side of the partial channel and the flat surface form a complete channel that holds the ball.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The window play toy for pets of claim 1, wherein the partial channel has a number of openings.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The window play toy for pets of claim 1, wherein the pair of attachment devices are adhesive strips.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The window play toy for pets of claim 1, wherein the flat surface is a window.

### Claim 5

A window play toy for cats, comprising:
a plastic housing having an elongated curvilinear interior space, wherein the plastic housing has a plurality of openings;
a first pinching slot attached to the first end of the plastic housing and a second pinching slot attached to the second end of the plastic housing;
a pair of suction cups, each of the pair of suction cup having a nipple that engages the first pinching slot;
a ball engaging the curvilinear interior space; and
wherein the ball is trapped between the window and the plastic housing.