Electronic pet entertainment device
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1. An entertainment device comprising:
- a flexible backing material having a length, width and an upper planar surface;
woven or no woven carpeting having a pile depth and attached to the flexible backing material along substantially the entire upper planar surface of the backing material;
a plurality of lighting elements interspersed between the woven or non woven carpeting and extending substantially the pile depth; and
a control unit connected to the plurality of lighting elements that sequentially activates the light elements to create the appearance of a moving point of light tracing a non-linear path across an upper surface of the carpeting anda vertical extension extending above the pile depth and covered by woven or non-woven carpeting having a further plurality of lighting elements interspersed between the carpet fibers.
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Abstract
An interactive cat entertainment device wherein light elements are incorporated into a carpet in a pattern. The light elements are controlled through a microprocessor or electronic circuitry that activates the lights sequentially to provide the appearance of a moving object to a cat or similar animal.
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17 Claims
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1. An entertainment device comprising:
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a flexible backing material having a length, width and an upper planar surface; woven or no woven carpeting having a pile depth and attached to the flexible backing material along substantially the entire upper planar surface of the backing material; a plurality of lighting elements interspersed between the woven or non woven carpeting and extending substantially the pile depth; and a control unit connected to the plurality of lighting elements that sequentially activates the light elements to create the appearance of a moving point of light tracing a non-linear path across an upper surface of the carpeting and a vertical extension extending above the pile depth and covered by woven or non-woven carpeting having a further plurality of lighting elements interspersed between the carpet fibers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An entertainment device comprising:
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a carpet having a length, width and pile depth; a plurality of lighting elements interspersed within the carpet and form a two dimensional array along the length and width of the carpet; and a central controller coupled to the plurality of lighting elements, the controller being capable of generating a sequential light turn-on pattern moving from one light element to an adjacent light element within the plurality of lighting elements to approximate an appearance of a moving point of light within the two dimensional array, the light turn-on pattern moving from one light element to an adjacent light element being substantially in a non-linear pattern; and a vertical extension extending above the carpet and having a further polarity of lighting elements interspersed within carpet surrounding at least a portion of the vertical extension. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of entertaining a domestic animal comprising:
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embedding lighting elements along the length and width of a carpet, with the lighting elements oriented to emit light vertically from an upper surface of the carpet; and sequentially activating the lighting elements to generate an appearance of a moving point of light by sequentially activating and deactivating adjacent light elements, where the moving point of light appears to be periodically stationary, accelerate, decelerate and change directions on the upper surface of the carpet; and embedding lighting elements on an extension extending above the upper surface of the carpet; and sequentially activating the lighting elements on the extension to generate a appearance of the moving point of light moving from the lighting elements along the length and width of the carpet to the lighting elements on the extension. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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