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US 2014/0209038 A1Published application
Pet Chew Toy
OwnerDavid F. Simoninventor
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Abstract
A pet chew toy has a body which is formed from an elastic plastic/elastomer and has an opening extending into an associated internal cavity in the body into which treats larger than the opening can be inserted due to the elasticity of the material and returned therein due to the relaxed size of the opening. Chewing by the pet fragments the treats and allows the smaller fragments to fall out through the opening. The opening can be slots, rounded holes, or other openings to vary the technique needed to extract the treats from the toy.
Claims10
A chew toy comprising:
- a flexible plastic hollow body having at least one internal cavity;
- said cavity defined at least in part by an outer wall of said body extending partially over said internal cavity;
- at least one opening extending into said at least one cavity enabling treats to be inserted into said cavity through said opening;
- said flexible plastic material allowing insertion of treats of a size necessitating deflection and/or stretching around said opening so that said treats of said size cannot pass back out from said cavity through said opening after insertion;
- said chew toy having outer portions which are readily collapsed by chewing pressure applied by chewing of said chew toy body by said pet sufficient to break down said treats into smaller fragments able to freely pass out through said at least one opening.
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