US 12,446,552 B2
Pet toy
Peter Toolan, Westport, CT (US); and Evan L. Ryan, Evanston, IL (US)
Assigned to Benebone LLC, Westport, CT (US)
Filed by Benebone LLC, Westport, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,593.
Application 17/707,593 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/761,817, filed on Dec. 11, 2020, granted, now D968725.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/172,472, filed on Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217946 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 15/026 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pet toy device comprising:
a body having a ring-shaped arm connected to a hub;
the hub defining a recess adapted to receive a spreadable, edible material for a pet; the hub having an upper portion that defines an upper surface of the hub, a middle portion, a lower portion, and an outer sidewall; the lower portion of the hub defining a lower end of the hub;
the recess being open through the upper surface with the upper surface extending entirely around the recess;
the lower end of the hub being rounded and defining a closed inner end of the recess;
an upper portion of the recess being defined within the hub by an inner sidewall;
the ring-shaped arm connected to the middle portion of the hub between the upper surface of the hub and the lower end of the hub with the upper portion of the hub projecting above the ring-shaped arm and the lower portion of the hub projecting below the ring-shaped arm;
when the ring-shaped arm is positioned horizontally, the ring-shaped arm having an uppermost portion and a lowermost portion;
the ring-shaped arm defining a ring opening that is located next to the hub; the ring opening having an inner maximum opening dimension that is larger than an outer maximum width dimension of the hub;
the ring-shaped arm having first and second arm ends that connect the ring-shaped arm to the hub; each arm end having a centerline; the hub being aligned with the centerline of each arm end;
portions of the hub projecting outwardly and inwardly of the arm ends; and
when the pet toy is positioned with the ring-shaped arm positioned horizontally, the entire upper surface of the hub being positioned higher than the uppermost surface of the ring-shaped arm and the entire lower end of the hub being positioned lower than the lowermost surface of the ring-shaped arm.