Interactive cat toy
OwnerJared Alan Carrinventor
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Abstract
The device of the present disclosure is most generally related to interactive pet toys, more particularly this disclosure is related to cat toys having a hanging toy within a housing. The housing having a plurality of holes or apertures that provide access to an interior space of the housing to visually trigger an instinctive response in a pet, such as a cat. The housing providing an enclosure for the placement of the hanging toy and including features to facilitate life-like, erratic, and substantially prolonged three-dimensional movement of the hanging toy through the addition of magnets, magnetic surfaces, and specifically aligned polarities of these magnets.
Claims17
An interactive toy for a pet, the toy comprising:
- a housing, the housing defining an interior space and having a plurality of openings into the interior space, the housing including a lower surface with a plurality of embedded magnets;
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- a hanging toy, the hanging toy configured for hanging into the interior space and including a magnetic portion, the magnetic portion having a polarity selected for interaction with the plurality of embedded magnets, wherein movement of the hanging toy is facilitated by the interaction between the magnetic portion and the plurality of embedded magnets.
An interactive toy for an animal, the toy comprising:
- a cube shaped housing, the housing defining an interior space and having at least four apertures into the interior space, the cube shaped housing including a lower surface with a center magnet placed in a center of the lower surface and a plurality of edge magnets positioned adjacent to a corner of the lower surface, wherein each corner of the cube shaped housing includes an edge magnet of the plurality of edge magnets;
- a hanging toy, the hanging toy having a magnetic portion and configured for hanging into the interior space, wherein the magnetic portion and the center magnet are selected to have like polarity to repel from each other and the plurality of edge magnets are selected to have opposite polarity to that of the magnetic portion and the center magnet to attract the magnetic portion, and
- wherein movement of the hanging toy is facilitated by the interaction between the center magnet, plurality of edge magnets, and the magnetic portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.