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US 5,579,725 AGranted
Cat toy
AssigneeMegaDyne Products, Inc.
InventorMichael B. Boshears
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Abstract
A cat toy having a generally hollow, circular housing containing a toy animal simulating a mouse. The toy animal is mounted on the outer end of a motor-driven arm, whereby the toy animal will be moved in a circular pattern around the interior of the housing. Openings are provided in the housing, through which a cat can extend a paw to engage and play with the toy animal.
Claims6
A cat toy, comprising:
- a generally circular-shaped housing having a circular shaped top, a circular shaped bottom and a generally vertically extending sidewall;
- a motor secured in the central portion of the housing having a vertically extending drive shaft;
- an arm having an inner end and an outer end, with the inner end of the arm secured to the drive shaft,
- said arm extending generally horizontally toward the sidewall;
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- a toy animal secured on the outer end of the arm, whereby the animal toy may be driven in a circular pattern around the housing;
- wherein the portion of the housing forming the top and sidewall has elongated openings therein aligned with the path of travel of the toy animal of a size that a cat may extend a paw therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.