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US 12,471,568 B2Granted
Treat dispensing toy for pets
AssigneeBenebone LLC
InventorsPeter Toolan, Evan L. Ryan
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Abstract
A toy for a domestic pet can be used as a fetch toy or as an interactive toy that releases edible treats for the pet. The toy includes a mostly hollow body that defines at least one treat-dispensing opening. A scoop is disposed inwardly of the treat-dispensing opening to provide an amount of control over the dispensing of the treats. The scoop both helps dispense treats and limits the number of treats that are dispensed. The scoop is disposed inside the toy where the pet cannot easily interact with it or alter its operation.
Claims19
A pet toy, comprising:
- a body having an outer wall that defines an interior chamber;
- the body defining a body opening through the outer wall providing access to the interior chamber;
- the body having a scoop extending from the outer wall into the interior chamber around the body opening;
- the scoop being defined by a scoop wall having a section of reduced height to define a first portion of a scoop treat opening;
- the scoop wall having a proximate end at the body and a distal end inside the interior chamber;
- the distal end of the scoop wall being open to define a second portion of the scoop treat opening;
- the first and second portions of the scoop treat opening being joined to form the scoop treat opening such that treats within the body can be gathered by the scoop through the scoop treat opening;
- and
- the scoop wall being free of treat openings opposite the first portion of the scoop treat opening.
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A pet toy comprising:
- an elongated, hollow body having a longitudinal axis;
- the body having first and second ends along the longitudinal axis;
- the hollow body being elongated along the longitudinal axis;
- the body having an equator half way between the first and second ends;
- the body having an outer wall that defines a first body opening at the first end and a second body opening at the second end;
- the body being substantially spherical at the equator such that the body can roll on a surface with the first and second body openings spaced above the surface;
- the body having a diameter at the equator;
- the diameter being less than a distance between the first body opening and the second body opening;
- the body having a first scoop extending into the body about the first body opening;
- the first scoop having a wall extending continuously about a perimeter of the first body opening;
- the first scoop having a section of reduced height to define a first portion of a scoop treat opening;
- the scoop wall having a proximate end at the body and a distal end inside the interior chamber;
- the distal end of the scoop wall being open to define a second portion of the scoop treat opening;
- the first and second portions of the scoop treat opening being joined to form the scoop treat opening such that treats within the body can be gathered by the scoop through the scoop treat opening;
- and the scoop wall being free of treat openings opposite the first portion of the scoop treat opening;
- the body having a second scoop extending into the body about the second body opening;
- the second scoop having a wall extending continuously about a perimeter of the second body opening;
- the second scoop having a section of reduced height to define a first portion of a scoop treat opening;
- the scoop wall having a proximate end at the body and a distal end inside the interior chamber;
- the distal end of the scoop wall being open to define a second portion of the scoop treat opening;
- the first and second portions of the scoop treat opening being joined to form the scoop treat opening such that treats within the body can be gathered by the scoop through the scoop treat opening;
- and the scoop wall being free of treat openings opposite the first portion of the scoop treat opening;
- and
- the first and second scoops being spaced from each other inside the body;
- the entire body of each scoop being located between a reference plane that includes the equator of the body and the end from which the scoop extends.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.