Pet toy product with integral treats receiving receptacles
CA 2257291 C · Owner: Bounce, Inc. Doing Business As The Kong Company · Inventors: Markham, Joseph P.
Overview
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A pet toy product (T) is provided for holding one or more animal treats (18) wherein the toy has a body member having an outer surface with one or more recesses (13, 14, 16) for removable holding one or more animal treats. The recesses (13, 14, 16) may be of varying depth so that the treats (18) in the deeper recesses (16) are more difficult for the animal to extract than are the treats in the shallower recesses (13). The recesses (13 14, 16) may be , circular, triangular, irregular in the form of a groove (20, 22, 24) or any other suitable configuration. The outer surface of the toy may be raised to accommodate the recesses (13, 14, 16, 20 22, 24) or the recesses may extend , into …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 6, 1997 and granted March 26, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 6, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 6, 2019.
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