Patent ID: 11957106
Assignee: KONG INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A pet toy for dispensing treats, comprising:
a peripheral body having a ring shape and having a curved interior engaging surface;
an interior dispensing element having an opening formed through an exterior surface of said interior dispensing element and said opening communicating with a chamber of said interior dispensing element;
said exterior surface of said interior dispensing element is spherical, said peripheral body has the interior engaging surface that directly contacts said spherical exterior surface such that when said peripheral body is displaced, said interior dispensing element rotates and said spherical exterior surface maintains direct contact with said interior engaging surface;
wherein said interior dispensing element rotates by frictional contact against the ground while said peripheral body is maintained in a substantially fixed orientation with respect to the ground as said interior dispensing element rotates;
wherein said interior dispensing element does not fixedly rotate about any axis including not rotating about a major axis of said peripheral body;
wherein the curved interior engaging surface of the peripheral body has an arcuate shape that conforms to the shape of the spherical exterior surface of the interior dispensing element; and
wherein said peripheral body has a lower surface that remains spaced above the ground by said spherical exterior surface that maintains the direct contact with said interior engaging surface.