US 11,672,233 B2
Toy / training tool for animal containment assembly
Zel Alexander Crampton, Brooklyn, NY (US); Jacqueline Prehogan, Toronto (CA); Isaac Langleben, Toronto (CA); Benjamin J. Beck, Boston, MA (US); Michael T. McDuffee, Malden, MA (US); Ryan J. Donovan, Newton, MA (US); Douglas A. Marsden, Marblehead, MA (US); and Courtney Armstrong, Long Island City, NY (US)
Assigned to Diggs Inc., Long Island City, NY (US)
Filed by Diggs Inc., Long Island City, NY (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/492,279.
Application 17/492,279 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/061505, filed on Nov. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/938,597, filed on Nov. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022423 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/025 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An animal interaction device comprising:
a base portion defining a first end of the animal interaction device, wherein the base portion comprises a stop comprising a stop surface, a plurality of indentations extending into the stop surface, and a plurality of protrusions extending from the stop surface, wherein a width of the base portion is less than a width of the stop, wherein the plurality of indentations comprises at least one first indentation extending at least partially along a first line and at least one second indentation extending at least partially along a second line, and wherein the second line is at an oblique angle relative to the first line;
an animal engagement portion defining a second end of the animal interaction device; and
a support portion extending between the stop and the animal engagement portion;
wherein at least the stop surface and the animal engagement portion are configured to selectively lock the animal interaction device into a mesh network;
wherein the stop surface extends perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the animal interaction device and forms a rim extending around a perimeter of a first end of the support portion; and
wherein the longitudinal axis extends from the first end to the second end.