US 12,402,601 B2
Treat retaining pet toy
Daniel Haarburger, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Woof Pet Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed by Woof Pet Inc., Dover, DE (US)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/268,400, filed on Feb. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0263137 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/026 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet toy comprising:
a cylindrical main body member comprising:
a top end having a top wall;
a bottom end opposite the top end that is open;
an annular side wall between the top end and the bottom end, comprising mating features on a side surface thereof;
a treat access hole, disposed toward a center of the top wall and curving or sloping inward toward a center of the treat access hole; and
one or more vents, disposed on the top wall, each vent including a lower surface that slopes or curves inward toward an interior portion of the pet toy to funnel liquid down the vents and into the interior portion, wherein each of the one or more vents is smaller than the treat access hole,
wherein the annular side wall and the top wall intersect to form an annular rim about the circumference of the annular side wall, the annular rim sloping or curving axially inward and thereby defining an annular trough about the circumference of the annular side wall to redirect liquid on the top wall toward the interior portion of the pet toy;
a core member configured to assemble to the bottom end of the cylindrical main body member, and comprising:
a bottom end that is closed at a base; and
an annular side wall, comprising mating features on a side surface thereof that are dimensioned to mate with the mating features of the cylindrical main body member when the core member is assembled to the bottom end of the cylindrical main body member; and
a treat container, disposed within an interior portion of the pet toy and configured to contain a pet treat,
wherein the treat access hole faces toward the treat container when the core member is assembled to the cylindrical main body member,
wherein a widest or largest dimension of the treat access hole is wide enough to allow passage or penetration of a tongue of a dog into the interior portion but smaller than a width of the treat container,
wherein the cylindrical main body member is made from a pliable or flexible material that resists damage and permanent deformation, and
wherein, when the core member is assembled to the cylindrical main body member, contact between the cylindrical main body member and the core member forms a liquid-tight or liquid-proof seal between the cylindrical main body member and the core member.