Patent ID: 8453609
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A pet toy having a configuration adapted for tossing the pet toy into the air comprising, in combination, a pet treat dispenser for dispensing a treat to a pet animal upon accessing the pet toy and a body composed of light weight fabric with the pet treat dispenser affixed to the body of the pet toy at a location at or substantially close to the center of gravity of the pet toy, wherein the body of the pet toy is in a geometrical configuration selected from the group consisting of an annular ring, a diskette shaped geometry, a boomerang shaped geometry and a geometry including a central body portion having a plurality of arms extending outwardly therefrom; and wherein the pet treat dispenser comprises a flexible material having at least two sections with each section comprising two or more flexible layers in a sandwich arrangement overlapping one another and extending from a border area surrounding the perimeter of the pet treat dispenser such that the flexible layer(s) of the sections form a plurality of flaps with each flap being movable relative to the other flap(s) to enable a treat to be removably gripped between the flaps and with the treat being easily removed from the treat dispenser by a pet animal.