Patent ID: 7851001
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: A01K,A23K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An animal chew comprising: a core comprising a first material having a central element and a plurality of projections extending from said central element, said central element and a plurality of projections having an outer surface wherein said core is colored and wherein said projections have a thickness and said core has a thickness where said thickness of the projections are less than the thickness of the core; a body portion comprising a second material that surrounds said core, said body portion having an inner surface melt bonded against at least a portion of said outer surface of said first material and said plurality of projections; wherein the core has a first skeletal configuration and the body has a second configuration that is different from said core first configuration and comprises a body of a vertebrate or invertebrate; wherein said first material has a softening temperature and said second material has a softening temperature and said softening temperature of said first material is within plus or minus 10° C. of said softening temperature of said second material; wherein at least a portion of said second material transmits at least 50% of visible light and has a haze less than 50%; wherein said first material has a first solubility parameter (δ wherein the flexural modulus of the first material has a value greater than 100,000 psi and the flexural modulus of the second material has a flexural modulus of less than 100,000 psi.