Granted Patent B2

US 8,074,609 · App. 12/661,850 · Granted Dec 13, 2011

Abstract

Claims (11)

1. A method for forming a rawhide chew, comprising a step of forming a rawhide chew such that the rawhide chew includes outer layer formed of a rawhide sheet, the rawhide outer layer having a hole cut therethrough to form a cut-out window, and pizzle positioned within the rawhide outer layer such that the pizzle is externally viewable through the cut-out window; and

wherein the step of forming the rawhide chew further comprises steps of:

cutting an elongated member of pizzle to form a plurality of pizzle sections;

selecting a pizzle section from the plurality of pizzle sections;

cutting the pizzle section to form an expanded piece of pizzle

cutting a hole through a rawhide sheet, resulting in a cut-out rawhide sheet

positioning the expanded piece of pizzle over the hole in a superimposed relationship, resulting in a stacked member; and

rolling the stacked member such that the expanded piece of pizzle is rolled inside of the rawhide sheet to form a rolled member with a rawhide outer layer, whereby once rolled, the hole becomes a cut-out window that provides a display area to view the pizzle rolled therein.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of forming the rawhide chew further comprises steps of:

knotting the rolled member to formed a knotted member; and

coating the rawhide outer layer with flavor basting.

Assignments (11)