Pet toy having intersecting tires

• US 20060057932A1
• Filed: 12/17/2004
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pet Qwerks Inc. (Petmate Holdings Co.)
• Original Assignee: Pet Qwerks Inc. (Petmate Holdings Co.)
• Inventors: Gick, James W.
• Application Number:
  US11/016,402
• Publication Number:
  US 20060057932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/269
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/025 Toys specially adapted for animals

Abstract

A pet toy comprising two intersecting tires. The center of each tire occupies substantially the same point and the axis of one tire is perpendicular to the axis of the other tire.

Claims

1. A pet toy comprising:

a first tire having a center, an axis, and an inner diameter;

a second tire connected to the first tire, said second tire having a center, an axis, and an inner diameter;

wherein the axis of the first tire is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the second tire and wherein the center of the first tire and the center of the second tire occupy substantially the same point.

2. The pet toy of claim 1 further comprising a ball disposed within an inner diameter of the first tire and the inner diameter of the second tire.

3. The pet toy of claim 2 wherein the ball further comprises a light source.

4. The pet toy of claim 2 wherein the ball further comprises electronics and speakers.

5. The pet toy of claim 2 wherein the ball further comprises electronics, a light source, and a speaker.

6. The pet toy of claim 1 wherein the first tire and the second tire are manufactured from a polymer.

7. The pet toy of claim 2 wherein the first tire, the second tire, and the ball are one unitary object manufactured from the same material.

14. The pet toy of claim 2 wherein the first tire, the second tire, and the ball are one unitary object manufactured from the same material.

8. A pet toy comprising:

a first tire having a center;

a second tire having a center, said second tire connected to the first tire;

a third tire having a center, said third tire connected to the first tire and to the second tire;

wherein the center of the first tire, the center of the second tire and the center of the third tire all occupy substantially the same point.

9. The pet toy of claim 8 further comprising a ball disposed within an inner diameter of the first tire, an inner diameter of the second tire and an inner diameter of the third tire.

10. The pet toy of claim 8 wherein the first tire, the second tire and the third tire are manufactured from a polymer.

11. The pet toy of claim 9 wherein the ball further comprises a light source.

12. The pet toy of claim 9 wherein the ball further comprises electronics and speakers.

13. The pet toy of claim 9 wherein the ball further comprises electronics, a light source, and a speaker.