ANIMAL CHEW FORMED OF INTERWOVEN STRIPS OF EDIBLE RESIN

• US 20110283955A1
• Filed: 05/21/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T F H Publications Incorporated
• Original Assignee: T F H Publications Incorporated
• Inventors: Gajria, Ajay, Axelrod, Glen S., Rivadeneira, Nancy S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,215,267 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 119/710
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/026 Chewable toys, e.g. for dental care of pets
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/20 from material of animal origin obtained by microbiological or biochemical processes A23K10/10
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/26 from waste material, e.g. feathers, bones or skin A23K10/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 20/163 Sugars; Polysaccharides
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 40/20 by moulding, e.g. making cakes or briquettes
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 40/25 by extrusion
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/42 Dry feed

Abstract

A woven chew toy for animals is provided including one or more of edible resins, such as rawhide, meat jerky, starch and combinations thereof in strip form interwoven together to provide a planar article.

Claims

1. A chew toy for an animal, comprising:

a plurality of strips of one or more edible resins which are interwoven into a planar article, wherein a first plurality of strips are disposed in parallel fashion in a first plane and are intersected by a second plurality of strips disposed in parallel fashion in a second plane and wherein said one or more of said first plurality of strips passes alternately over and under one or more of said second plurality of strips to form said article.

2. The chew toy of claim 1 wherein said edible resin comprises rawhide, meat jerky, starch and combinations thereof.

3. The chew toy of claim 1 wherein the chew toys includes edges and the first and the planes of intersection are different from the edges of said toy.

4. The chew toy of claim 2 wherein said combinations comprise a melt blend of starch and rawhide and a melt blend of starch and meat jerky.

5. The chew toy of claim 1 wherein said chew includes moisture and said moisture is present at below 20% by weight of the chew.

6. The chew toy of claim 1 wherein said strips are attached together at one or more of the intersections by sewing.

7. The chew toy of claim 1 wherein said plurality of strips are attached together at one or more of the intersections by melting a portion of one of the plurality of strips.

8. A method of making a chew toy of interwoven strips of one or more of edible resins, comprising;

providing a first edible resin material and a second edible resin material;

providing at least a first extruder and a second extruder, each of said first and second extruders having a plurality of dies;

charging said first material into said first extruder and said second material into said second extruder;

extruding said first material through said first plurality of dies and extruding said second material through said second plurality of dies to form a first plurality of extrudates and a second plurality of extrudates, wherein said first plurality of extrudates are configured in parallel fashion to each other and said second plurality of extrudates are configured in parallel to each other and the first plurality of extrudates are disposed normal to said second plurality of extrudates and said first plurality of extrudates are passed through said second plurality of extrudates in alternating fashion wherein one or more of said first plurality of extrudates passes first over and then under the one or more of said second plurality of extrudates to form a weave pattern.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said first material and said second material are of the same composition.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein said edible resin comprises one or more of rawhide, meat jerky, starch and combinations thereof.