Pet toy
First Claim
1. A pet toy for entertaining a pet animal, comprising:
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a ball bearing unit rotatably attached to the housing;
an integrated circuit in operative engagement with the ball bearing unit to move the ball bearing unit in a random pattern,a light source attached to the ball bearing unit, the light source producing a light beam; and
a sheet material directly attached to the light source, the sheet material having a cut out defined therein, the cut out having a predetermined shape so that a light image of the predetermined shape is produced when the light beam shines through the cut out of the sheet material.
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Abstract
The pet toy projects a moving image into a room, as determined by a computer chip, so that a pet may be entertained by the moving image without requiring a person to be in the room to move the image. The pet toy comprises an upright housing containing batteries and supported by a heavy base with a ball bearing unit at the top of the housing. The ball bearing unit has a lamp unit attached thereto. A plurality of glass units with various cut-outs that may be removably attached to the lamp unit so that the glass units may be used to change the image projected by the lamp unit. A control unit contained in the housing controls the speed of the rotatable ball bearing unit to control the speed of the moving light image.
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8 Claims
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1. A pet toy for entertaining a pet animal, comprising:
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a housing; a ball bearing unit rotatably attached to the housing; an integrated circuit in operative engagement with the ball bearing unit to move the ball bearing unit in a random pattern, a light source attached to the ball bearing unit, the light source producing a light beam; and a sheet material directly attached to the light source, the sheet material having a cut out defined therein, the cut out having a predetermined shape so that a light image of the predetermined shape is produced when the light beam shines through the cut out of the sheet material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A pet toy, comprising:
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a housing having a semi-spherical cavity defined at a top portion of the housing; a ball bearing unit rotatably disposed inside the semi-spherical cavity of the housing; an integrated circuit in operative engagement with the ball bearing unit to randomly move the ball bearing unit; a light source attached to the ball bearing unit, the light source producing a light beam; and the pet toy further comprises sheet material directly attached to the light source, the sheet material having a cut out defined therein, the cut out depicting an animal so that a light image of the animal is produced when the light beam shines through the cut out of the sheet material. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A pet toy, comprising:
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a housing having a semi-spherical cavity defined at a top portion of the housing; a ball bearing unit rotatably disposed inside the semi-spherical cavity of the housing; an integrated circuit in operative engagement with the ball bearing unit to randomly move the ball bearing unit; a light source attached to the ball bearing unit, the light source producing a light beam; and the integrated circuit being disposed within the ball bearing unit.
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