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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Jay Kling, Westminster, CA (US);
Tracy Grammer, Long Beach, CA (US);
Eric Lew, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Donald Barnvos, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Tracy Wojnarowski, Long Beach, CA (US);
Jay Kling, Westminster, CA (US);
Tracy Grammer, Long Beach, CA (US);
Eric Lew, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Donald Barnvos, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Tracy Wojnarowski, Long Beach, CA (US);
Big Heart Pet Brands, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An aerodynamically interactive artifact is proportioned to experience at least one of tumbling, fluttering, and autorotating motion when subjected to free fall in a gravitational field. Suitable shapes include films, strips, butterflies, birds, and the like. The artifact may be contain a neutraceutical, may be dissolvable in pet saliva, and may provide an olfactory sensation for a pet. Dimensionless parameters such as Froude number and length-to-thickness ratios may be used to select aerodynamically interactive motions.