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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Alan J. Cook, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin Augustyniak, Elma, NY (US);
Gerard Fubershaw, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeff Smith, Burlingame, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alan J. Cook, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin Augustyniak, Elma, NY (US);
Gerard Fubershaw, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeff Smith, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Radio Systems Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A motorized cat toy having a suspended teaser toy at the end of a detachable stretchable string connected to a flexible swing arm biased against a waveguide within a housing having a programmable electronic control, a gearbox with meshing gears including one spur gear on the rotor of the motor to provide control of the teaser toy movement to include a twitch and other erratic movements pleasing to a cat.