# US 10,765,088 B2 · Tug toy > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,765,088 B2 - Document ID: US10765088B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/826,341 - Filed: 2017-11-29 - Published: 2018-03-22 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2010-03-01 - Assignees: Fyf-Jb, LLC - Applicants: Fyf-Jb, LLC - Inventors: Robert J. Miavitz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765088B2 ## CPC - A01K 15/025: {Toys specially adapted for animals} - A01K 15/0258: {Squeaker toys; Toys that make noise when squeezed} - A01K 15/026: {Chewable toys, e.g. for dental care of pets} - A63H 5/00: Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical (musical tops A63H1/28; {sound-producing dolls A63H3/28; musical toy vehicles A63H17/268; acoustical vehicle-signalling devices A63H17/32; whistling toy locomotive arrangements A63H19/14}; music, sound or noise production in general G10) - A63H 3/28: Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds - A01K: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS - A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS ## Abstract A tug toy includes at least one gripping member and a portion housing a noisemaker. The at least one gripping member is attached to the portion housing a noisemaker, and the at least one gripping member is adapted to transmit force to the portion housing a noisemaker. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tug toy comprising: at least one gripping member and a portion housing a noisemaker, wherein said at least one gripping member is attached to said portion housing a noisemaker, and wherein said at least one gripping member is adapted to transmit force to said portion housing a noisemaker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tug toy according to claim 1, wherein said portion housing a noisemaker is adapted to receive force transmitted from the at least one gripping member and wherein said force activates the noisemaker. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The tug toy according to claim 2, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The tug toy according to claim 3, wherein said force additionally comprises a second lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a second gripping member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The tug toy according to claim 3, wherein said noisemaker comprises a squeak valve. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The tug toy according to claim 5, wherein said noisemaker comprises a reversibly compressible and decompressible structure having a squeak valve. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The tug toy according to claim 6, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The tug toy according to claim 5, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The tug toy according to claim 2, wherein said noisemaker comprises a squeak valve. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The tug toy according to claim 9, wherein said noisemaker comprises a reversibly compressible and decompressible structure having a squeak valve. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The tug toy according to claim 10, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The tug toy according to claim 9, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 13 A tug toy comprising: at least one gripping member and a portion housing a noisemaker, wherein said at least one gripping member is attached to said portion housing a noisemaker, wherein said at least one gripping member is adapted to transmit force to said portion housing a noisemaker, and wherein said noisemaker comprises a squeak valve. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The tug toy according to claim 13, wherein said noisemaker comprises a reversibly compressible and decompressible structure having a squeak valve. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The tug toy according to claim 14, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The tug toy according to claim 13, wherein said force comprises a first lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a first gripping member. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The tug toy according to claim 13, wherein said force additionally comprises a second lateral force directed away from the portion housing a noisemaker in the direction of a second gripping member. ### Claim 18 A tug toy capable of being gripped by a pet, said tug toy comprising: a portion housing a means for making noise; and at least one means for gripping said tug toy attached to said portion housing a means for making noise; wherein the at least one means for gripping the tug toy is located adjacent the portion housing a means for making noise such that the means for making noise is activated when force is applied to the at least one means for gripping the tug toy along a first plane of said portion housing a means for making noise in a direction away from said portion housing a means for making noise, and wherein the means for making noise is a reversibly compressible and expandable structure. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The tug toy according to claim 18, wherein said at least one means for gripping the tug toy comprises first and second means for gripping the tug toy, wherein said first and second means for gripping the tug toy are attached to said portion housing a means for making noise, and wherein the means for making noise is activated when force is applied to the first or second means for gripping the tug toy along a first plane of said portion housing a means for making noise in a direction toward said first or second means for gripping the tug toy or both, and away from said portion housing a means for making noise.