Sound-making pet toy
View Patent ↗A sound-making pet toy includes a shell having an opening and an inner space accessible through the opening and a sound-making body having a reduced state and an expanded state larger than the reduced state. When the sound-making body is disposed in the opening, it has the reduced state and when it is disposed in the inner space, it has the expanded state. The sound-making body has a resilient air-holding body and a sound making device that is responsive to air from the air holding body passing through the sound-making body. When the sound-making body is in the expanded state, it is lodged against the inner surface of the shell. When the sound-making body is in the expanded state, it expels air from the resilient air holding body when a force impacts the shell. In the expanded state, it is larger than the opening.
1. A sound-making pet toy, the pet toy comprising:
a shell comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, and an opening,
the opening connecting the outer surface to the inner surface,
the inner surface defining an inner space; and
a sound-making body disposed in the inner space,
the sound-making body comprising
a reduced size for passing through the opening to insert the sound-making body into the inner space and
an operative size preventing unintended removal of the sound-making body from the inner space,
the sound-making body comprising a resilient air-holding body and a sound making device,
the air holding body for holding a quantity of air in the operative size,
the sound-making body for making a sound responsive to air from the air-holding body passing through the sound-making device;
wherein the sound-making body when in the operative size is lodged against the inner surface of the shell;
wherein the sound-making body comprises two lateral sides;
wherein when the sound-making body has the reduced size, the sound-making body comprises a furled shape about a center of the sound-making body.
2. A sound-making pet toy, the pet toy comprising:
a shell comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, and an opening,
the opening connecting the outer surface to the inner surface,
the inner surface defining an inner space; and
a sound-making body disposed in the inner space,
the sound-making body comprising
a reduced size for passing through the opening to insert the sound-making body into the inner space and
an operative size preventing unintended removal of the sound-making body from the inner space,
the sound-making body comprising a resilient air-holding body and a sound making device,
the air holding body for holding a quantity of e operative size,
the sound-making body for making a sound responsive to air from the air-holding body passing through the sound-making device;
wherein the sound-making body when in the operative size is lodged against the inner surface of the shell;
wherein when the sound-making body has the reduced size, the sound-making body comprises a folded shape.
3. The sound-making pet toy of claim 2 , wherein the sound-making body comprises two lateral sides.
4. The sound-making pet toy of claim 2 , wherein the inner surface comprises an extension.
5. The sound-making pet toy of claim 2 , wherein the sound-making body comprises a pillow squeaker.
6. The sound-making pet toy of claim 2 , wherein the sound-making body in the operative size expels air from the resilient air holding body when a force impacts the shell.
7. The sound-making pet toy of claim 2 , wherein the opening comprises a portion of the shell.
8. A sound-making pet toy, the pet toy comprising:
a shell comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, and an opening,
the opening connecting the outer surface to the inner surface,
the inner surface defining an inner space; and
a sound-making body disposed in the inner space,
the sound-making body comprising
a reduced size for passing through the opening to insert the sound-making body into the inner space and
an operative size preventing unintended removal of the sound-making body from the inner space,
the sound-making body comprising a resilient air-holding body and a sound making device,
the air holding body for holding a quantity of air in the operative size,
the sound-making body for making a sound responsive to air from the air-holding body passing through the sound-making device;
wherein he sound-making body when in the operative size lodged against the inner surface of the shell;
wherein when the sound-making body has the reduced size, the sound-making body comprises a furled shape.
9. The sound-making pet toy of claim 8 , wherein the sound-making body in the operative size expels air from the resilient air holding body when a force impacts the shell.
10. The sound-making pet toy of claim 8 , wherein the opening comprises a portion of the shell.
11. The sound-making pet toy of claim 8 , wherein the inner surface comprises an extension.
12. The sound-making pet toy of claim 8 , wherein the sound-making body comprises a pillow squeaker.
13. A sound-making pet toy, the pet toy comprising:
a shell comprising an opening and an inner space accessible through the opening,
a sound-making body comprising a reduced state and an expanded state larger than the reduced state,
the sound-making body when disposed in the opening comprising the reduced state and when disposed in the inner space comprising the expanded state, and
the sound-making body comprising a resilient air-holding body and a sound making device responsive to air from the air-holding body passing through the sound-making device;
wherein the sound-making body when in the expanded state is lodged against the inner surface of the shell.
14. The sound-making pet toy of claim 13 , wherein the sound-making body in the expanded state is larger than the opening.
15. The sound-making pet toy of claim 13 , wherein the sound making device is a neck of the sound-making body.
16. The sound-making pet toy of claim 13 , wherein the opening comprises a portion of the shell.
17. The sound-making pet toy of claim 13 , wherein the inner surface comprises an extension.
18. The sound-making pet toy of claim 13 , wherein the sound-making body comprises a pillow squeaker.
19. A method of making a sound-making pet toy,
the pet toy comprising:
a shell comprising an opening and an inner space accessible through the opening,
a sound-making body comprising a reduced state and an expanded state larger than the reduced state,
the sound-making body when disposed in the opening comprising the reduced state and when disposed in the inner space comprising the expanded state, and
the sound-making body comprising a resilient air-holding body and a sound-making device, the sound-making body for making a sound responsive to air from the air-holding body passing through the sound-making device, the sound-making body when in the expanded state is lodged against the inner surface of the shell;
the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing the shell;
(b) providing the sound-making body;
(c) manipulating the sound-making body into the reduced state;
(d) inserting the sound-making body in the reduced state into the opening;
(e) moving the sound-making body from the opening into the inner space; and
(f) causing the sound-making body to comprise the expanded state in the inner space.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the sound-making body comprises two lateral sides and step (c) requires that the sound-making body is furled about a centerline between the lateral sides.
21. The method of claim 19 , wherein step (c) requires that the sound-making body is folded.
22. The method of claim 19 , wherein step (c) requires that the sound-making body is rolled.
23. The method of making a sound-making pet toy of claim 19 , wherein the inner surface comprises an extension.