Patent ID: 6044800
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
An edible dental care article, fit to be eaten as food, for cleaning the teeth and massaging the gums of pets during consumption of said edible dental care article comprising at least one of a processed casing material, made from an extract of at least one of a vegetable material and an animal material, and a natural casing material, comprising at least one of an animal gut and an animal skin, wherein said processed casing material is formed in one of a thread-like manner, a string-like manner, and a thin-tube-like manner, and wherein said natural casing material is selected from a group of natural casing materials formed in a thread-like manner, a string-like manner, and a thin-tube-like manner; wherein said at least one of the processed casing material and the natural casing material is twisted into a rope-like member of a prescribed shape and size, and wherein constituent parts of the twisted rope-like member are fixed by fastening means so as to retain a rope-like shape.