Pet toy with bendable center rod and concentric ball tracks
OwnerElizabeth Bentzinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a novel pet toy wherein a base piece has a rounded bottom and two concentric tracks where a pet owner can insert a ball or a set of balls into the tracks. The rounded bottom allows the toy to wobble to any angle yet not topple over. The wobbling action causes the balls to move and to continue moving until the toy rests to one side. A two-ball set connected by a fabric strip can be placed one in each track and will travel in unison within each of the two tracks. A malleable center rod has a feather or other attractant at its tip for further interaction and interest by a pet.
Claims5
1) A pet toy comprising:
- a) A circular base piece with a rounded bottom and two concentric tracks located within the circular base piece wherein the toy will lean to any side in a 360 degree radius according to gravitational pull as a result of pet manipulation or the weight of a ball in one or both of the concentric tracks;
- b) A first inner track which encircles the circumference of the base piece and can receive a single ball, or one of two balls connected by a strip of fabric wherein the second ball traverses a second track;
- c) A second outer track which encircles the circumference of the base piece concentric to the first inner track, and can receive a single ball or one of two balls connected by a strip of fabric;
- d) A center rod affixed to the base piece wherein the rod is malleable and has feathers, a ball or other attractant device atop the rod;
- e) A set of balls to be placed within the first or second tracks wherein the balls are attached to one another by a strip of fabric;
5) A ball set for traversing the tracks of the pet toy wherein the ball set has strips of fabric to connect two balls together so as to traverse the tracks of the toy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.