Resilient animal throw-toy with buoyant interior member

A resilient throw-toy adapted to be thrown by a user for retrieval by an animal, the throw-toy being constructed to withstand the repetitive biting force of an animal's teeth, comprising:

• a. a buoyant closed-cell foam interior component configured in the form of a ring and having a peripheral edge portion;
• b. a tear-resistant fabric component covering an upper surface and an inner portion of a lower surface of the foam interior component, wherein the fabric component defines an inner flange;
• and
• c. a molded component comprising one of a natural rubber and a synthetic rubber adhesively attached to the peripheral edge portion of the foam interior component wherein the molded component extends around the peripheral edge portion and the fabric component and the molded component together completely enclose the interior component, said molded component being abrasion-resistant to withstand impact, puncture-resistant to withstand the biting force of an animal's teeth, wherein the molded component has a higher proportional weight than the fabric component and the foam interior component, and further wherein the molded component has the property of fold-recovery such that if the molded component is folded over onto itself with a folding force, the molded component will return to an original shape when the folding force is removed;
• wherein the throw-toy is configured to be foldable;
• and
• wherein the foam interior component exhibits deformation-recovery, whereby the deformation-recovery of the foam interior component reinforces the fold-recovery of the adhesively attached molded component.