US 12,219,927 B2
Rodent exercise apparatus
Adam Haber, Roslyn, NJ (US); Ethan Haber, Winston-Salem, NC (US); William Fiebel, Succasunna, NJ (US); Mark Dorsey, Darien, CT (US); Joohwi Rhi, Oradell, NJ (US); Mathieu Zastawny, Jersey City, NJ (US); and Maya Kremien, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to ROLLING RODENTS, LLC, Roslyn, NY (US)
Filed by Rolling Rodents, LLC, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,628.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/972,578, filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282372 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/025 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rodent exercise apparatus, comprising:
a spherical shell defining a spherical cavity configured to support a rodent therein, the spherical shell having a first hemisphere and a second hemisphere, the first hemisphere having a first annular engagement end and the second hemisphere having a second annular engagement end;
a coupling mechanism secured to first and second hemispheres to selectively connect the first and second annular engagement ends together and to form the spherical cavity, the coupling mechanism having a first coupling assembly and a second coupling assembly that is diametrically opposed to the first coupling assembly, each of the first and second coupling assemblies having a first coupler supported on the first hemisphere and a second coupler supported on the second hemisphere, the first coupler of the first coupling assembly selectively engageable with the second coupler of the first coupling assembly, the first coupler of the second coupling assembly selectively engageable with the second coupler of the second coupling assembly;
a central axis extending through the first and second coupling assemblies;
a first row of annular ventilation apertures defined through the first hemisphere and curved around the first coupler and the central axis, the first row defining a semi-circle of annular ventilation apertures around the first hemisphere that are uniformly spaced apart relative to one another; and
a second row of annular ventilation apertures defined through the first hemisphere and curved around the first coupler and the central axis, the second row radially offset from the first row.