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US 5,474,032 AGranted
Suspended feline toy and exerciser
OwnerMark H. Krietzman, Yu-Hsin Cheninventors
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Abstract
A pet toy and excerises device adapted to be selectively mounted over the top of an existing dwelling door to allow the pet to interact with the device and "play by itself", or the device may be hand held to initiate excerise. The device comprises a plurality of wands, flexible or rigid, a tether and a target object. The device may further combine a counterweight and a stop selectively mounted on the tether all of which increase the eccentricity of the orbit of the target object when the target is encountered by the pet.
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A pet toy and exercise device for use over the top of an existing dwelling door:
- said pet toy and exerciser device comprising in combination:
- a mounting bracket formed with legs in an upside down "U" shape of preselected width to fit snugly over the top edge of said existing door and not interfere with the operation of the door;
- a flexible wand having an elongated central axis, a first end mounted on one of said legs and a second end;
- a wall forming a small channel through said second end of said flexible wand;
- a tether fabricated of a substantially non-elastic length of cord having one end secured through said channel;
- and,
- a target object attached to said tether remote from said channel, said target object being of a size, material and weight suitable for batting and clawing by a pet so that under the condition of said target object being engaged by the pet, said target object, action through said tether, will cause said flexible wand to bend in the direction transverse to its elongated axis and under the condition of said target object being released by the pet, said flexible wand will springedly return to an unflexed position causing said target object to traverse an erratic orbit.
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A pet toy and exerciser device for use over the top of an existing dwelling door:
- said pet toy and exerciser device comprising in combination:
- a mounting bracket formed with legs in an upside down "U" shape of preselected width to fit snugly over the top edge of said existing door and not interfere with the operation of the door;
- a rigid wand having an elongated central axis, a first end mounted on one of said legs and a second end;
- a first wall forming a guide channel through said second end of said rigid wand;
- a second wall forming a transverse channel;
- through the top of said "U" shaped mounting bracket;
- a tether fabricated of a substantially non-elastic length of cord having one end threaded through said transverse channel in said bracket;
- a counter-weight mounted on said end of said tether remote from said transverse channel;
- a target object mounted on the end of the tether remote from said counter-weight, said target object being of a size, material and weight suitable for batting and clawing by a pet so that under the condition of said target object being released by the pet, said counter-weight will move said target object away from the pet and generally upward until said stop engages said rigid wand thereby causing said target to transverse and erratic orbit.
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A pet toy and exerciser device for use over the top of an existing dwelling door:
- said pet toy and exerciser device comprising in combination:
- a mounting bracket formed with legs in an upside down "U" shape of preselected width to fit snugly over the top edge of said existing door and not interfere with the operation of the door;
- a key guide bracket mounted on one of said legs;
- a flexible wand having an elongated central axis, a first end fabricated in the shape of a key removably insertable into said key guide bracket and a second end;
- a wall forming a small channel through said second end of said flexible wand;
- a tether fabricated of a substantially non-elastic length of cord having one end secured through said small channel;
- and,
- a target object attached to said tether remote from said channel, said target object being of a size, material and weight suitable for batting and clawing by a pet so that under the condition of said target object being engaged by the pet, said target object, action through said tether, will cause said flexible wand to bend in the direction transverse to its elongated axis and under the condition of said target object being released by the pet, said flexible wand will springedly return to an unflexed position causing said target object to traverse an erratic orbit.
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A pet toy and exerciser device for use over the top of an existing dwelling door:
- said pet toy and exerciser device comprising in combination:
- a mounting bracket formed with legs in an upside down "U" shape of preselected width to fit snugly over the top edge of said existing door and not interfere with the operation of the door;
- a sheath formed as part of one of said legs, said sheath having preselected internal diameter, a selected section of which is smaller to form a catch;
- a flexible wand having an elongated central axis, a first end being formed with a flexible cup end having a plurality of deformable finger like projections, said end cup having a circumference that is larger than the inside diameter of said sheath and upon the condition of being pushed past said catch is removably latched in place, and a second end;
- a wall forming a small channel through said second end of said flexible wand;
- a tether fabricated of a substantially non-elastic length of cord having one end secured through said small channel;
- and,
- a target object attached to said tether remote from said channel, said target object being of a size, material and weight suitable for batting and clawing by a pet so that under the condition of said target object being engaged by the pet, said target object, action through said tether, will cause said flexible wand to bend in the direction transverse to its elongated axis and under the condition of said target object being released by the pet, said flexible wand will springedly return to an unflexed position causing said target object to traverse an erratic orbit.
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