Patent ID: 8276547
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An animal toy with therapeutic features for dental cleaning of an animal's teeth and gums, comprising: a resilient, elastomeric body member having an outer surface, and an inner surface defining a substantially hollow core; a plurality of protrusions formed integrally with said outer surface and being exposed around substantially all of a periphery of said outer surface for contacting the teeth and gums, said protrusions extending substantially linear along the surface of the pet toy and substantially parallel to one another, and spaced substantially uniformly from one another, each of said protrusions including a pair of opposed sidewalls, and a most distal surface; a first protrusion of said plurality of protrusions has first and second ends; a second protrusion of said plurality of protrusions has first and second ends, and wherein at least said first and second protrusions extend along a longitudinal length of said toy; and wherein the first end of said first protrusion overlaps the first end of said second protrusion, thereby providing structural strength to the toy and further wherein the second ends extend away from one another in substantially opposite directions.