Patent ID: 7343878

Claim:
A method for producing an animal toy, including the steps of (a) forming a core of the toy including (i) an aperture, (ii) an exterior, and (iii) a thin puncturable sheet of material covering said aperture; (b) applying adhesive to said exterior of said core; (c) applying a fabric cover to said exterior of said core in contact with said adhesive; (d) providing a hollow sound device; (e) forming an opening in said fabric cover in registration with said aperture by removing felt by cutting felt from above said aperture; (f) inserting said hollow sound device through said opening in said fabric cover and into said aperture to puncture said sheet and to produce a sound audible to a dog when air travels through said sound device at a selected rate of flow; (g) gluing replacement felt above said aperture; and, (h) flattening and smoothing said replacement felt.