Patent ID: 6575119
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A suspended dog amusement system comprising;(a) a bar having a proximal end, a center point and a distal end; (b) a first suspension system for suspending the bar further comprising: (i) a strand-like member with two ends; (ii) an anchor located at ground level for use by the system's user; (iii) a plurality of pass-through devices; (iv) wherein one end of the strand-like member is attached at a support point located between the center point and the proximal end of the bar and the other end of the strand-like member is extending through the plurality of pass-through devices and secured to the anchor at ground level; (c) a weight element secured to the bar at a location between the support point and the proximal end of the bar for applying a first gravitational torque to the bar about the support point; (d) a second suspension element secured to the distal end of the bar that comprises a strand-like member attached to a resilient dog toy and which produces a second gravitational torque to the bar about the support point wherein the weight element and the second suspension element are in counterbalanced equilibrium when the system is at rest; and (e) whereby the first and second torques are such as to provide an unpredictable and random movement of the resilient dog toy when engaged by a dog.