IP Library Granted Patent US 8,752,508
Granted Patent B2
US 8,752,508 · App. 13/136,765 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Pet puzzle game utilizing tennis balls

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Patent No.
US 8,752,508
App. No.
13/136,765
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a molded pet toy puzzle with a top aperture to receive a ball and wherein gravity will force the ball randomly into one of three tunnels with a terminus at each end. Each terminus will have some type of covering wherein an animal must determine how to open the covering to retrieve the ball.

Claims (5)

1. A molded pet toy comprising:

a molded plastic housing in the shape of a faux tree trunk having a top aperture adapted to receive a ball;

said top aperture connected to several tunnels inside said housing, each of said tunnels ending in a terminus;

each terminus is covered with a latched closure on the exterior of the housing;

wherein when a ball is dropped into the top aperture the ball will enter into one of the several tunnels dependent upon the angle of drop of the ball, the ball will then fall to the terminus of the corresponding tunnel through the force of gravity, and wherein the terminus covering must be unlatched from the exterior of the housing to retrieve the ball.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2021
From: CRESCENT DIRECT LENDING, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 055879/0305 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2021
From: FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 055879/0295 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC; GOSLING, INC. D/B/A CHARMING PET PRODUCTS
To: WHITEHORSE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
Reel/Frame 055844/0688 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
To: CRESCENT DIRECT LENDING, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 044870/0727 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2017
From: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
To: FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044875/0053 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2017
From: CRESCENT DIRECT LENDING, LLC
To: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 044354/0136 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2017
From: THE KYJEN COMPANY, INC
To: THE KYJEN COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 044254/0775 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2015
From: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
To: CRESCENT DIRECT LENDING, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 036877/0174 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 14, 2015
From: THE KYJEN COMPANY, INC.
To: THE KYJEN COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 036852/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2011
From: TAYLOR, DALE
To: KYJEN COMPANY, INC., THE
Reel/Frame 027328/0490 →