Mastication article possessing microbe-inhibiting properties
AssigneeSeefar Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Denesuk, Eugenie V. Uhlmann
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Abstract
A mastication article for a domestic animal comprising tough chew-resistant material defining a shape in the form of a small article for enticing or being retrieved by a domestic animal, and an effective amount of microbe-inhibiting agent applied to or incorporated in the material. The mastication articles may be fabricated in various shapes, designs, and styles. A process for applying the microbe-inhibiting agent to the material for forming the mastication article is disclosed. Application methods include spraying and soaking the article, and incorporating the agent within a resin or material for forming the article. The article can be digestible in whole or in part.
Claims94
A mastication article constructed for mastication by a domestic animal comprising:
- a touch chew-resistant material defining a shape in the form of a small article for enticing or being retrieved by a domestic animal;
- the chew-resistant material having bound therein an effective amount of a microbe-inhibiting agent in a durable, microbe-inhibiting agent retention system in which the microbe-inhibiting agent does not readily dissolve under ambient conditions in aqueous liquids with which the system comes into contact to prevent proliferation of microbes in and on the chew resistant material, the microbe-inhibiting agent further being present in an amount that is non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and effectively non-allergenic at the levels used in the article.
A plastic article for a domestic animal wherein the article is formed by molding a chew resistant synthetic resin into a geometric shape;
- the synthetic resin having an effective amount of a microbe-inhibiting agent bound therein in a durable, microbe-inhibiting agent retention system in which the microbe-inhibiting agent does not readily dissolve under ambient conditions in aqueous liquids with which the system comes into contact to prevent proliferation of microbes in and on the chew resistant synthetic resin, the microbe-inhibiting agent further being present in an amount that is non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and effectively non-allergenic at the levels used in the article.
A process for reducing the growth of microbes in a mastication article having a tough, chew-resistant material and defining a shape in the form of a small article for enticing or being retrieved by a domestic animal, comprising the step of binding in the chew-resistant material an effective amount of a microbe-inhibiting agent in a durable, microbe-inhibiting agent retention system in which the microbe-inhibiting agent does not readily dissolve under ambient conditions in aqueous liquids with which the system comes into contact to prevent proliferation of microbes in and on the chew resistant material, the microbe-inhibiting agent further being present in an amount that is non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and effectively non-allergenic at the levels used in the article.
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