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US 2011/0209670 A1Published application
Pet entertainment device and system
OwnerScott A. McElwain, Denise L. McElwain +1inventors
InventorsScott A. McElwain, Denise L. McElwain, Chace A. McElwain
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Abstract
A pet entertainment device includes a base having means for securing the base to a support. A platform is attached to the base. A retractable device is attached to the platform and includes a resiliently mounted tether forcibly extendable and automatically retractable relative to the platform. A pet toy is attached to a terminal end of the tether adjacent to the platform. In this manner, the toy can be forcibly extended away from and automatically retracted toward the platform.
Claims17
A pet toy system comprising:
- a base including means for securing the base to a support;
- a platform attached to the base;
- a retractable device attached to the platform and having a resiliently mounted tether forcibly extendable and automatically retractable relative to the platform;
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- a pet toy attached to a terminal end of the tether adjacent the platform, whereby the toy can be forcibly extended away from and automatically retracted toward the platform.
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A pet toy apparatus comprising:
- a base including means for securing the base to a support;
- a platform attached to the base;
- a retractable device supported on the platform and including a tether having a terminal end adjacent a peripheral surface of the platform, the tether being resiliently forcibly extendable and automatically retractable relative to the peripheral surface;
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- a pet toy attached to the terminal end of the tether and positioned at rest adjacent the peripheral surface, whereby the toy is moveable to be forcibly extended away from the peripheral surface and, upon release, automatically retracted toward and re-positioned adjacent the peripheral surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.