Pet toy with adjustable treat dispensing lid
AssigneeKong Inc.
InventorChuck Costello
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Abstract
A pet toy with an adjustable treat dispensing lid has a lid or top that is connected to a body of the pet toy, and a treat holding enclosure receives treats. The enclosure has an open area which communicates with a treat dispensing opening of the lid enabling treats to be selectively dispensed. The lid may be placed at selected positions with respect to the body thereby changing the size of the exposed treat dispensing opening to thereby selectively change the rate at which treats are dispensed.
Claims17
A dispenser for dispensing treats, said dispenser comprising:
- a body having an interior cavity;
- a lid removably connected to the body, said lid having an adjustable extension making frictional contact with an interior surface of said body, and said lid extension having at least one treat dispensing opening;
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- a treat holding enclosure secured within said cavity, said enclosure having a container wall spaced from said body and said enclosure having an upper edge connected to said body along said interior surface of said body thereby forming a container within said body.
A method of dispensing treats from a device when contacted by an animal playing with the device, said method comprising:
- providing a body having an interior cavity and a lid removably connected to the body, said lid having an adjustable extension making frictional contact with an interior surface of said body, and said lid having at least one treat dispensing opening;
- charging the pet toy with selected treats;
- selectively adjusting the lid to dispense the treats;
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- causing an animal to play with the device wherein the device is moved from a first normal upright position to a tipped position, thereby causing treats to be dispensed through the at least one treat dispensing opening.
A dispenser for dispensing treats, said dispenser comprising:
- a body having an interior cavity;
- a treat holding enclosure disposed within said interior cavity of said body, and said treat holding enclosure having a container wall spaced from said body, and an upper edge connected to said body thereby isolating the interior cavity from an area defining an opening of the treat holding enclosure;
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- a lid having an adjustable extension slidably engaged with an interior surface of said body, said adjustable extension having at least one treat dispensing opening formed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.