Patent ID: 7455033

Claim:
An animal throw toy comprising (a) a compressibly elastically deformable hollow thin-walled rubber core sealingly circumscribing and enclosing a selected gaseous volume and including (i) a center, (ii) a first compressibly elastically deformable hollow sealed compartment with a compressible portion of said gaseous volume therein, (iii) a second hollow compartment adjacent, spaced apart from, and separate from said first sealed compartment, said second compartment having a first inner volume and a second inner volume, (iv) a wall extending around said first and second compartments and including an outer surface; (b) a rope having (i) a first distal end extending outwardly from said second hollow compartment to be grasped to throw the toy, and (ii) a second proximate end embedded in and filling said first inner volume of said second hollow compartment of said core; and, (c) a fabric cover affixed to said outer surface of said core and having a selected thickness.