Edible pet chew made from a single initially malleable sheet
View Patent ↗An edible pet chew has a single sheet of a hardened chewable material dimensioned large enough and thin enough to be initially malleable for flexing, folding or rolling into a final shape. The single sheet is shaped into a final shape by flexing, folding or rolling and then hardened.
1. An edible pet chew consisting of:
a single sheet of a hardened chewable animal hide free material dimensioned large enough and thin enough to be initially malleable for flexing, folding or rolling into a final shape; and
said single sheet shaped by flexing, folding or rolling before hardening into said final shape.
2. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 1 wherein:
said single sheet is a hardened chewable substantially plant based material.
3. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 2 wherein:
said single sheet of plant based material is a substantially starch composition.
4. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 3 wherein:
said single sheet is made from extruded plant based material.
5. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 4 wherein:
said single sheet is rolled and knotted at each end to form the final shape of said pet chew.
6. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 2 wherein:
said single sheet is rolled to form a cylindrical roll;
said single sheet has a first edge section having a different appearance or flavor from a mid-section of said single sheet; and
said first edge section is positioned at an outer edge of said cylindrical roll.
7. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 6 wherein:
said single sheet is made from extruded plant based material.
8. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 7 wherein:
said single sheet is rolled and knotted at each end to form the final shape of said pet chew.
9. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 6 wherein:
said single sheet has a second edge section having a different appearance or flavor from a mid-section of said single sheet;
said second edge section is positioned at an interior portion of said formed pet chew.
10. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 9 wherein:
said single sheet is made from extruded plant based material.
11. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 10 wherein:
said single sheet is rolled and knotted at each end to form the final shape of said pet chew.
12. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 11 wherein:
said single sheet of plant based material is a substantially starch composition.
13. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 2 wherein:
said single sheet has chunks of flavored material embedded therein.
14. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 2 wherein:
said single sheet is rolled and knotted at each end to form the final shape of said pet chew.
15. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 2 wherein:
said single sheet has co-extruded first and second areas with a different appearance or flavor from each other.
16. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 5 wherein:
said single sheet is made from extruded plant based material.
17. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 16 wherein:
said single sheet is rolled and knotted at each end to form the final shape of said pet chew.
18. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 17 wherein:
said single sheet of plant based material is a substantially starch composition.
19. An edible pet chew consisting of:
a co-extruded single sheet of hardened chewable material dimensioned large enough and thin enough to be initially malleable for flexing, folding or rolling into a final shape;
a first section of said co-extruded single sheet having a first appearance or first flavor;
a second section of said co-extruded sheet having a second appearance or second flavor; and
said single sheet being shaped by flexing, folding or rolling before hardening into said final shape.
20. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 19 wherein:
said first and second sections are respective first and second layers of said co-extruded single sheet.
21. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 20 wherein:
said single sheet is a hardened chewable substantially plant based material.
22. An edible pet chew as defined in claim 21 wherein:
said single sheet is a substantially starch composition.