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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Simon Handelsman, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Simon Handelsman, Secaucus, NJ (US);
The Hartz Mountain Corporation, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a pet chew, comprising: a first member; a second member; means for mounting the first member and the second member in a rotatable orientation, wherein the first member and the second member are rotatable relative to one another around an axis of rotation; a plurality of scrubbing elements mounted on a first surface of the first member; and a plurality of scrubbing elements mounted on a first surface of the second member; wherein the first surface of the first member and the first surface of the second member are generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a pet chew, comprising: a plurality of circular disks, wherein each of the disks includes an obverse surface, a reverse surface, and an outer circumferential surface; means for mounting the disks in a rotatable orientation, wherein the disks are rotatable relative to one another around an axis of rotation; and a plurality of scrubbing elements mounted on at least one of the obverse surface and the reverse surface of each disk. Methods of providing dental care to a pet are also disclosed.