Patent ID: 8701598

Claim:
A hollow bone carrier, the carrier used by a dog and other animals for play and chewing, the carrier comprising: an elongated rigid shaft, the shaft having a first end portion and a second end portion; a first flexible end piece ball, the first end portion of the shaft attached to the first ball; a second flexible end piece ball, the second end portion of the shaft attached to the second ball; and a hollow bone, the bone having an interior diameter and an exterior diameter or width, the shaft received through the interior diameter of the bone, the interior diameter of the bone greater than a diameter of the shaft, the difference in the interior diameter of the bone and the diameter of the shaft allowing the bone to slide along a length of the shaft and between the first and second balls, the exterior diameter or width of the bone having less than a diameter of each of the first and second balls; whereby, the difference between the diameters of the first and second balls and the exterior diameter or width of the bone provides a non-contact zone which prevents contact by an exterior surface of the bone on a surface when the carrier is dropped and rolled horizontally on the surface.