Patent ID: RE40430

Claim:
A pet toy for entertaining an animal and providing jaw exercise, teeth cleaning and/or gum massaging for the animal, said pet toy comprising: an elongated hollow body, having an outer peripheral surface, extending along a longitudinal axis and having first and second ends and a side wall of substantially constant cross-section throughout; and a plurality of longitudinally spaced pairs of annular ribs extending around said outer peripheral surface to facilitate the animal gripping said pet toy with its teeth, each said pairs at least one pair of ribs defining a first narrow groove therebetween and at least one adjacent pairs pair of ribs defining a second wider groove therebetween wherein the inner rib of each the at least one pair of ribs with respect to said second wider groove are disposed for engagement with the teeth , and the outer rib of each the at least one pair of ribs with respect to said second wide groove are disposed for engagement with the gums when the animal bites down on said second wider groove on said outer peripheral surface between said spaced pairs of annular ribs .