Patent ID: 9326487
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A01K

Claim Text:
1. A sound-producing pet toy apparatus comprising: a resilient outer shell having an exterior surface and an interior surface; and a substantially tubular crackling member substantially positioned within said outer shell, said crackling member having an outer surface and an inner surface, said outer surface being substantially, restrainably fixed to said outer shell at one or more locations along the interior surface of the outer shell, said substantially tubular crackling member being constructed from one or more layers of sound-producing material so as to generate a crackling sound when deformed, said outer shell and said substantially tubular crackling member being oriented relative to each other in a first, nondeformed configuration of the apparatus, at least a portion of both the outer shell and the crackling member being deformable upon application of a force to a second, deformed configuration of the apparatus, said resiliency of the outer shell facilitating the return of both said outer shell and said crackling member from said second configuration to their first configuration said portions of said outer shell and said crackling member substantially returning to said first configuration of the apparatus upon the release of said force, as prompted by the resiliency of said outer shell, said crackling member producing at least one of a sound and a vibration during at least one of its transformations from said first configuration to said second configuration and from said second configuration to said first configuration.