Animal chews
OwnerFrank Jay Hagueinventor
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Abstract
A chew product for use by animals is made of skin such as rawhide or pigskin. The skin is infused with chlorophyll or mint or both to freshen a dog's breath and also with sugar to increase palatability. The interior portion of the skin can be perforated, such as by cutting, before the skin is formed into a product. The perforations allow a dog's teeth to penetrate into the product and be scraped clean by the edges of the perforations. The skin is dyed green from the chlorophyll. The dyed skin can be used either alone or in conjunction with another color skin to make a product. The dyed skin and a bleached white skin combine to make an attractive product.
Claims19
A method of processing animal skins to make a chew product, comprising the steps of:
- a) expanding the skin by contacting the skin with an alkaline substance;
- b) removing the alkaline substance;
- c) contacting the skin with water and chlorophyll so that the skin takes on a green color;
- d) forming the chew product with the green skin;
- e) drying the product at a temperature that maintains a green color of the skin.
A chew product for animals;
- comprising:
- a) an animal skin infused with chlorophyll;
- b) the animal skin formed into a roll and dried.
A chew product for animals, comprising:
- a) a first animal skin infused with chlorophyll;
- b) a second animal skin that is bleached;
- c) the first and second animal skins formed into a shape so that at least a portion of the first animal skin and at least a portion of the second animal skin are visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.