Patent ID: 7124708

Claim:
A mold and a molded treat for pets, wild birds or small animals, the mold and molded treat comprising: a support structure comprising a stem having top and bottom ends; a disk disposed on the top end of the stem in a transverse plane, the disk having a hanger protruding therefrom; and a mixture of small food pieces and a binding material formed around the support structure in a predetermined shape, a branch disposed transversely at the bottom end of the stem in a transverse plane, and shaped so that the food pieces can be packed around the branch so that no substantial air pockets are formed, the branch being fully surrounded by said mixture; the mold including an open first end and a second opposite end, the first end sized to receive the support structure with the branch adjacent the first end within the mold and the second end configured to receive the disk and hanger; the treat formed within the mold by directing the food pieces and a binding material through the first end of the mold past the branch and toward the disk in a direction substantially parallel to the stem.