IP Library Granted Patent US 11,659,815
Granted Patent B2
US 11,659,815 · App. 17/038,966 · Granted May 30, 2023

Pet toy

Inventor: Jill Jackson (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
A01K15/026
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Patent No.
US 11,659,815
App. No.
17/038,966
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pet toy includes a hollow body defining an interior space with an interior surface and including a first portion having a first diameter, a second portion having a second diameter, a first opening in the first portion, a second opening in the second portion and a separation arm extending from the interior surface in the interior space and being disposed between the first and second openings.

Claims (34)

1. A pet toy comprising:

a hollow body defining an interior space with an interior surface and including

a first portion having a first diameter, a second portion having a second diameter, a first opening in the first portion,

a second opening in the second portion, the second opening having a maximum diameter that is larger than a maximum diameter of the first opening,

a first separation arm having a first maximum length extending from a first side of the interior surface in the interior space and being disposed between the first and second openings, the first separation arm being curved in a direction towards the second opening, and

a second separation arm having a second maximum length extending from a second side of the interior surface in the interior space and being disposed between the first and second openings, the second separation arm being curved in a direction towards the second opening,

the first and second sides of the interior space being opposite sides of the interior space of the hollow body, and the first and second maximum lengths being different such that the first and second separation arms are staggered with respect to each other along a longitudinal axis of the hollow body.

2. The pet toy of claim 1 , wherein

the first opening is disposed in an upper surface of the first portion and the second opening is disposed in the lower surface of the second portion.

3. The pet toy of claim 1 , wherein

the center of the first and second openings are disposed along the longitudinal axis of the hollow body.

4. The pet toy of claim 1 , wherein

the second diameter is larger than the first diameter.

5. The pet toy of claim 1 , wherein

the second separation arm is disposed closer to the first opening than the separation arm.

6. The pet toy of claim 1 , wherein

the first separation arm and the second separation arm define a pathway for foodstuffs to travel between the first and second openings within the interior space, the pathway being unaligned with respect to the first and second openings.

7. The pet toy of claim 1 , wherein

the first and second separations arm are flexible.

8. A pet toy comprising:

a hollow body defining an interior space with an interior surface and including

a first portion having a first diameter, a second portion having a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter, a first opening in the first portion, a second opening in the second portion, a first separation arm extending from the interior surface in the interior space and being disposed between the first and second openings, and a second separation arm extending from the interior surface in the interior space and being disposed between the first and second openings, the first and second separation arms forming a pathway for foodstuffs to travel between the first and second openings, the pathway being unaligned with respect to the first and second openings, the first and second separation arms having different maximum lengths extending from opposite sides of the interior space of the hollow body such that the first and second separation arms are staggered with respect to each other along a longitudinal axis of the hollow body.

9. The pet toy of claim 8 , wherein

the center of the first and second openings are disposed along the longitudinal axis of the hollow body.

10. The pet toy of claim 8 , wherein

the second separation arm is disposed closer to the first opening than the first separation arm.

11. The pet toy of claim 8 , wherein

the second opening has a diameter that is larger than the first opening.

12. The pet toy of claim 8 , wherein

the first and second separation arms are flexible.

13. The pet toy of claim 6 , wherein

the pathway for foodstuffs being offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body.

14. The pet toy of claim 9 , wherein

the pathway for foodstuffs being offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body.

Assignments (15)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 072261/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2025
From: PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 070449/0337 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL (SECOND LIEN) Recorded May 22, 2024
From: BANK OF MONTREAL, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 067501/0320 →
FIRST LIEN TERM LOAN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 22, 2024
From: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
To: WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067501/0177 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL (CAYMAN) Recorded May 22, 2024
From: CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 067501/0236 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL (FIRST LIEN) Recorded May 22, 2024
From: BANK OF MONTREAL, AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 067501/0282 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2024
From: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
To: BANK OF MONTREAL, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067246/0427 →
FIRST LIEN RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Oct 9, 2023
From: BANK OF MONTREAL
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065180/0954 →
SECOND LIEN RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Oct 9, 2023
From: BANK OF MONTREAL
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065181/0322 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2023
From: PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC
To: CANTOR FITZGERALD SECURITIES, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 065180/0461 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2023
From: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
To: PLUTO OPCO (CAYMAN), LLC
Reel/Frame 065179/0009 →
FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 057704/0414 →
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 057524/0556 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 16, 2021
From: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
To: BANK OF MONTREAL
Reel/Frame 057524/0645 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2020
From: JACKSON, JILL
To: DOSKOCIL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 053935/0720 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62968514 · Jan 31, 2020
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