IP Library Granted Patent US 10,609,903
Granted Patent B1
US 10,609,903 · App. 16/116,819 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Stand up fold away claw scratcher

Inventors: Steven Tsengas (Fairport Harbor, OH); Konstantine S. Tsengas (Fairport Harbor, OH)
Assignee: COSMIC PET LLC
A01K15/024A01K15/025A44B18/0011F16B1/00F16B2001/0028
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Patent No.
US 10,609,903
App. No.
16/116,819
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A claw scratcher system is provided having a block of corrugated cardboard material contained within a packaging housing. The packaging housing is formed having a containment bottom hingedly connected to a folding front face. The front face pivots from a first position, where it covers and contains the corrugated cardboard material, and rotates to the rear. The front face further has an extension leg 100 formed therein such that the housing has a dual functionality in forming an angular extension mechanism for presenting the scratcher in an inclined condition.

Claims (12)

1. A claw scratcher system comprising:

a block of corrugated cardboard material formed in a generally geometric body and contained within a packaging housing;

said packaging housing having a containment bottom hingedly connected to a folding front face, said front face pivoting from a first position where it covers and contains the corrugated cardboard material and rotates to a second position at a housing rear; and

an extension leg formed extending from a front of the front face to form an angular extension mechanism for presenting the block of corrugated cardboard material in an inclined condition.

2. The claw scratcher system of claim 1 , wherein said containment bottom hingedly connected to the folding front face allows for dispensing from a flat storage configuration to a generally vertical use configuration.

3. The claw scratcher system of claim 2 , wherein said block of corrugated cardboard material further incorporates an attractant material.

4. The claw scratcher system of claim 3 , wherein said attractant material comprises catnip placed into liners, walls, flute sheets, or within, between or beneath corrugated bundles or linear channels of the corrugated cardboard material.

5. The claw scratcher system of claim 3 , wherein said attractant material is adhered to a tackified surface formed on the corrugated cardboard material by a sprayed, poured or dipped liquid material.

6. The claw scratcher system of claim 3 , wherein said generally geometric body is a rectangular prism.

7. The claw scratcher system of claim 1 , wherein said block of corrugated cardboard material further incorporates an attractant material.

8. The claw scratcher system of claim 7 , wherein said attractant material comprises catnip placed into liners, walls, flute sheets, or within, between or beneath corrugated bundles or linear channels of the corrugated cardboard material.

9. The claw scratcher system of claim 7 , wherein said attractant material is adhered to a tackified surface formed on the corrugated cardboard material by a sprayed, poured or dipped liquid material.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jan 18, 2024
From: COSMIC PET, LLC
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 066380/0304 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: OUR PET'S COMPANY
To: COSMIC PET, LLC
Reel/Frame 061908/0645 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: COSMIC PET LLC; COSMIC PET BRANDS LLC; PET FUSION LLC; OURPET'S COMPANY
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 057908/0871 →
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: COSMIC PET LLC; COSMIC PET BRANDS LLC; PET FUSION LLC; OURPET'S COMPANY
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 057908/0895 →
FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 25, 2021
From: COSMIC PET LLC; COSMIC PET BRANDS LLC; PET FUSION LLC; OURPET'S COMPANY
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 058014/0652 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 15156591 · May 17, 2016
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