PALATABLE, LONG-LASTING PET CHEW PRODUCT

• US 20150181839A1
• Filed: 12/30/2013
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Redbarn Pet Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Redbarn Pet Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Baikie, Jeff
• Application Number:
  US14/144,201
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181839A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/026 Chewable toys, e.g. for dental care of pets

Abstract

Disclosed herein are pet chew products and methods for making them. The methods include sewing together strips of material obtained from a bovine or from other animals to form an outline of a desired shape; interweaving additional strips of rawhide, animal penis or both under and on top of the strips forming an outline to form a pet chew product of desired shape and size; and drying the pet chew product to the desired moisture content.

Claims

1. A pet chew product comprising strips of material obtained from a bovine or from other animals, the strips being interwoven to form a substantially spherical pet chew with a hollow center.

2. The pet chew product of claim 1, wherein the material obtained from a bovine or from other animals comprises rawhide or pizzle or both obtained from bovine animals.

3. The pet chew product of claim 2, wherein the bovine animal is a bull, steer, cow or an ox.

4. The pet chew product of claim 3, wherein the rawhide material is lightly bleached.

5. The pet chew product of claim 3, wherein the ratio of rawhide fraction to pizzle fraction is 2:

1.

6. The pet chew product of claim 3, wherein the ratio of rawhide fraction to pizzle fraction is 1:

1.

7. The pet chew product of claim 3, wherein the ratio of rawhide fraction to pizzle fraction is 1:

2.

8. The pet chew product of claim 1, wherein the strips are sewn together using an edible sewing material.

9. The pet chew product of claim 8, edible sewing material is catgut.

10. The pet chew product of claim 1, wherein the strips have a length of about 5 cm to about 100 cm.

11. The pet chew product of claim 1, wherein the strips have a width of about 1 mm to about 20 mm.

12. The pet chew product of claim 1, wherein the diameter of the substantially spherical pet chew is about 5 cm to about 20 cm.

13. A method of forming a substantially spherical a pet chew product comprising sewing together strips of material obtained from a bovine or from other animals to form an outline;

interweaving additional strips of rawhide, animal penis or both under and on top of the strips forming an outline to form a substantially spherical pet chew product of desired circumference; and

drying the pet chew product to the desired moisture content.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the moisture content of the pet chew product is about 10%.

14. A method of forming a substantially spherical pet chew product from strips of material obtained from a bovine animal, comprising:

fabricating flat shape strips of rawhide and/or animal pizzle;

interweaving the strips over a substantially spherical substrate in the length and number required to obtain a substantially spherical pet chew product;

dehydrating the pet chew product in a dryer about 15 h at about 45°

C.;

removing the substantially spherical substrate;

drying the pet chew product again for about 4 h at about 45°

C.; and

sterilizing the pet chew product in a sterilizing oven for about 10 h at about 100°

C.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the spherical substrate is a balloon.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the spherical substrate is an ice ball.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the strips have a length of about 5 cm to about 100 cm.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the strips have a width of about 1 mm to about 20 mm.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the number of strips used to form the pet chew product is about 9.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein the substantially spherical pet chew product has a diameter of about 5 cm to about 20 cm.

22. A pet chew product obtained by the method of claim 14.