Patent ID: 8192776
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: A01K,A23N

Abstract:
1. A mold unit for making a chewable animal toy, the chewable animal toy having an edible core with an uneven exterior surface and a plastic tearable outer shell molded around the edible core such that a portion of the edible core protrudes from the outer shell, the mold unit comprising: (a) a first mold half having a first mold cavity; (b) a second mold half having a second mold cavity, wherein the second mold half is engageable with the first mold half such that the first and second mold cavities cooperatively define an outer shell mold cavity; and (c) a first pocket defined between the first and second mold halves that is adapted to receive a first protruding portion of the edible core; and (d) a first shut off defined within the first pocket, the first shut off adapted to surround and compress the first protruding portion of the edible core such that the first protruding portion is substantially isolated from the outer shell mold cavity, wherein the first shut off is defined by first and second closure elements, the first closure element smaller in width than the second closure element such that the first closure element is at least partially receivable within the second closure element, wherein the first closure element compresses the first protruding portion of the edible core within the second closure element when the first mold half engages the second mold half.