Patent ID: 6490998
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A device for playing ball with a dog using a ball, as used in team sports, intended to be inflated with pressurized air, equipped with an automatic shut-off inflation valve or a preinflated ball, so that a dog can bring the ball back in its mouth without puncturing the ball, the device consisting of at least one grip, said grip being designed to be grasped in the mouth of the dog, said ball having at least a median circumference of a width of at least 90Â° of angular sector with respect to the center of the ball free of any grip protruding from the surface so as to allow the ball to roll in at least one direction, wherein said grip has an oblong shape along a longitudinal axis, and the part of said grip closest to the center of the ball is rigid or semi-rigid so that the grip can keep erect and said base of said grip defines, with the zone of said ball adjacent to said base, an articulation such that, under the effect of a force exerted laterally on said base of the grip, the grip protrudes to a-marked extent beyond the zone of the ball where the grip is located and projects, the grip therefore being readily accessible to the mouth of the dog, thus dissuading the dog from gripping the ball directly by an outer cover of the ball which would soon cause the ball to be punctured.