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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allen Simon, East Northport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Four Paws Products, Ltd., Hauppauge, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 2/900 ;
Abstract
An animal toy comprises a spherical housing including two annular tracks defining upper and lower polar regions and a ball retained in at least one of the circular tracks so that when an animal plays with the toy, the ball tends to move in the track. The housing includes a removable cap so that a material such as cat nip can be placed within the housing and holes in the housing so that the material can fall from the housing when the toy is played with by an animal.