If you’re searching for a new toy for your dog, what do you look for? Something novel? Something which is not obvious? Of course you would and your wish has been granted:
An apparatus for use as a toy by an animal, for example a dog, to either fetch carry or chew includes a main section with at least one protrusion extending therefrom that resembles a branch in appearance. The toy is formed of any of a number of materials including rubber, plastic, or wood including wood composites and is solid. It is either rigid or flexible. A flavoring (scent) is added, if desired. The toy is adapted to float by including a material therein that is lighter than water or it is adapted to glow in the dark, as desired, by the addition of a fluorescent material that is either included in the material from which the toy is made or the flourescent (sic) material is applied thereto as a coating. The toy may be segmented (i.e., notched) so as to break off into smaller segments, as is useful for smaller animals or, alternatively, to extend the life of the toy. Various textured surfaces including camouflage colorings are anticipated as are straight or curved main sections. The toy may be formed of any desired material, as described, so as to be edible by the animal.
That’s the Abstract for United States Patent 6360693. So to sum that up, a stick made of wood to throw for a dog is described. “Clearly, such an apparatus would be a useful and desirable device.”
Back to the drawing board for my new device, an ‘Ossiform Chewing Toy For Canine Species Fabricated in an Osseous Material’.
