Multipurpose disc toy

• US 20030096554A1
• Filed: 02/08/2002
• Published: 05/22/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stanley Edwin Persall
• Original Assignee: Stanley Edwin Persall
• Inventors: Persall, Stanley Edwin
• Granted Patent: US 6,918,809 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/46
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/02 Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals A01K15/04 takes precedence; Electric shock devices circuits therefor H03K3/537; Toys specially adapted for animals
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/025 Toys specially adapted for animals
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/026 Chewable toys, e.g. for dental care of pets
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 5/0114 Pet food dispensers; Pet food trays time-controlled A01K5/0291
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/18 Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys discs used in athletics A63B65/10as part of a game A63F9/02; sling weapons F41B3/00; spring toy guns F41B7/08

Abstract

A multipurpose disc useful as a throw, tug, and chew toy for play involving pets and for play involving pets and people, and useful as a water and food dish for pets, the disc comprising: a circular top portion; an annular sidewall portion that merges with the circular top portion; an annular flange portion that merges with the annular sidewall portion, the annular flange and circular top portions being disposed in parallel spaced planes; a convex outer side; and, a concave inner side. The multipurpose disc has a flat top, annularly depressed trough formed in the annular flange, an internal flexible woven fabric re-enforcing member, and is composed of a resilient, waterproof, durable, and flexible material such as natural or synthetic rubber.

Claims

1. A multipurpose disc useful as a throwing, tugging, and chewing toy for play and exercise involving pets and for play and exercise involving pets and people, and useful as a water and food dish for pets, the disc comprising:

a) a circular top portion;

b) an annular sidewall portion that merges with said circular top portion;

c) an annular flange portion that merges with said annular side wall portion, the said annular flange and said circular top portions being disposed in parallel spaced planes;

d) a convex outer side; and

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e) a concave inner side.

2. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 1 wherein said circular top portion is flat.

3. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 2 wherein said annular flange portion has an annularly depresses trough formed where said annular flange merges with said annular sidewall on said convex outer side.

4. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 3 wherein said disc is composed of a resilient material.

5. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 4 wherein a re-enforcing member conforming in shape to said circular top portion, said annular side wall portion, and said annular flange portion of said disc, is disposed centrally between thicknesses of said resilient material in said circular top portion, said annular side wall portion, and said annular flange portion of said disc.

6. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 5 wherein the said re-enforcing member is composed of a flexible woven fabric.

7. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 6 wherein said resilient material is waterproof, durable, and flexible.

8. The multipurpose disc as described in claim 7 wherein said waterproof, durable, and flexible material is natural or synthetic rubber.

9. A multipurpose disc toy comprising:

a) a resilient pie-platter shaped member for grasping and throwing and;

b) a flexible reinforcing member disposed in said pie-shaped member.

10. A multipurpose disc toy as defined in claim 9, said reinforcing member conforming to said pie-shaped member.