专利汇可以提供MOTIVATIONAL TOY FOR A PET专利检索,专利查询,专利分析的服务。并且The present invention relates to a motivational toy assembly for a pet, comprising a toy having a base with at least one treat area, and said toy further comprising at least one treat cover for covering a pet treat placed in said treat area, and wherein said base having at least one interacting portion for connecting said base to another toy.,下面是MOTIVATIONAL TOY FOR A PET专利的具体信息内容。
The present invention relates to a motivational toy for a pet, comprising a toy having a base with at least one treat area, and said toy further comprising at least one treat cover for covering a pet treat placed in said treat area.
The training of pets such as dogs or cats is a popular hobby or profession, but the proper tools for performing such training have been known to be scarce and/or suffering from lack of suitability for the pets in question. One known form of training, especially popular for training dogs but also suitable for other types of animals, is a toy where a number of treats are hidden from view and where the pet by manipulating the toy can make the treats appear and thereby receive a reward for playing with the toy.
One such toy is known from
A more challenging toy is shown by
The toy described in
There is therefore a need for an improved motivational toy for a pet that can be adapted to suit different pets having different cognitive abilities and at the same time present a greater challenge to an intelligent and advanced pet.
The object of the present invention is to provide a motivational toy for a pet that eliminates or at least minimizes the disadvantages described above. This is achieved through a toy according to the appended claim 1, wherein said toy comprises at least one interacting portion for connection to another toy. Thereby, a larger assembly of toys can be built in order to create a more versatile toy adapted to suit the pet.
According to an aspect of the invention, the treat area is in the form of a path for a treat, said path has at least one outlet, and said treat cover is arranged to be movable along said path and removable from the toy at said outlet. Thereby, the treat cover with the treat can be moved by the pet towards the outlet and be removed there so that the treat becomes available to the pet.
According to another aspect of the invention, at least two toys are provided and are arranged to be attached by use of the interacting portions. Thereby, the larger assemblies mentioned above can be built and the pet can play with each toy in turn or with multiple toys interacting with each other. The interacting portions can in one embodiment of the invention comprise a male and female organ on each toy, thus allowing for connection between the male organ of one toy and the female organ of another to create a secure fastening. In another embodiment, the interacting portion can be an interlocking portion, preferably a positive shape being matched by a negative shape on another toy. It is advantageous if each toy comprises a positive and a negative interlocking interacting portion, so that each toy can be connected to every other toy. In another embodiment the interacting portion can comprise a magnet for magnetic interaction between the toy and another toy. The choice of interacting portions can be made depending on the degree of fastening required to join the toys and avoid the pet being able to break them apart, and can also be made depending on the stability of the material used for the toy. In a preferred embodiment, the interacting portion may be an interlocking portion, similar to a jigsaw puzzle, that allows for an easy and stable fastening of the toys to each other.
According to an aspect of the invention, said path has a greatest path width and said toy further comprising a cover with at least one cover path having a cover path width, said cover being arranged to at least partially cover said base so that said at least one cover path extends along said at least one path, and wherein said cover path width is smaller than said greatest path width. Thereby, the cover allows for movement of objects placed on the base path, but prevents removal of said objects at other points than the outlet. Alternatively, said cover can be integral with said base, eliminating the need for assembly of the motivational toy.
According to another aspect of the invention, said treat cover has a treat cover diameter that is greater than said cover path width but smaller than said greatest path width. Thus, the pet playing with the toy can move the treat cover along the path, using mouth or paws, but needs to move it to an outlet in order to remove the treat cover and eat the treat. Similarly, when preparing the toy for play, the pet owner can insert the treat and treat cover together at the outlet and move them along the path to a desired location further from the outlet, or can alternatively place the treat covers at desired locations before mounting the cover on the base, to allow for convenient preparation of the toy before allowing the pet to play with it.
According to another aspect of the invention, the toy further comprises a pivoting cover mounted on said base, said pivoting cover being arranged along said path and being arranged to pivot and thereby alter a course of said path. Thereby, the path can be varied and the treat cover transported along by manipulation of said pivoting cover by the pet, allowing for additional interaction and increasing the level of difficulty in extracting the treats from the toy.
Preferably, the toys can be mounted in such a way that an outlet of a first toy abuts an outlet of a second of said toys, thus connecting the path of the first toy to the path of the second toy to create a combined path. Thereby, distance for a treat cover to an outlet can be increased and also the difficulty in extracting the treats. Preferably, the treat covers can be manipulated to move along this combined path over more than one toy, to give as varied and complex a task to the pet as possible in extracting the desired treat from the toy.
Many more advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description provided below.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the appended drawings, wherein:
The toy 1 has at least one treat area 8 where a treat can be placed and covered by a treat cover. In the embodiment shown by
In
The toy 1 further comprises at least one interacting portion 7 through which the toy 1 can be fastened to a similar toy to form a larger toy assembly, as will be described in more detail further below.
In
In the toy assembly 10, a first toy 1 is fastened to a second toy 1' so that a combined path 80 is created, joining the path 81 of the first toy 1 to that of the second toy 1' and allowing a treat cover 5 to move from the first toy 1 to the second toy 1' towards an outlet 6. The Figure shows the first toy 1 with the pivoting cover 4 described above and the second toy 1' with a smaller central cover 9 that allows the movement of the treat covers 5 along the path 81 unimpeded. When playing with this simple toy assembly 10, comprising only two toys 1, 1', the pet aims to remove the treat covers 5 one by one through any of the outlets 6, so that the treats contained under the treat covers can be eaten. In order to increase the level of difficulty, the pet owner could mount a larger number of toys together, as shown below with reference to
In
In one of the toys 1', namely the one shown to the far left of the second toy assembly 10', the treat cover 5 is arranged to be able to slide between the base 2 and cover 3, so that the pet can move it in a direction parallel to the base 2 in order to expose the treat in the treat area 8.
In the toy 1' shown at the top of the second toy assembly 10', a pivoting cover 4 is provided and can be pivoted in a direction parallel to the bottom 2 to allow the pet to remove treat covers 5 in order to expose the treats placed in treat areas 8.
In the toys 1' shown at the far right and at the bottom of the second toy assembly 10', a number of treat areas 8 are provided in the form of depressions into the base 2. Unlike the preferred embodiment of the toy 1 described above, no path or outlet is provided along which and towards which the treat cover can be moved by the pet, but rather the treat cover 5 is adapted to be removed directly upwards by the pet and to make the treat underneath thus available.
Each of the toys 1' also comprises at least one interacting portion 7 for connecting the toy 1' to another toy 1' so that the second toy assembly 10' can be built.
It is thus to be noted that the toys 1 being joined to form a toy assembly 10 need not be identical in appearance, but can differ to allow the pet different challenges. It is also worth noting that the combined path 80 of the toy assembly 10 shown in
By thus combining identical or similar toys 1 to form larger toy assemblies 10, the pet owner can design and vary the games available to the pet to provide challenges of a level of difficulty that is suitable to the specific pet. The number of toys 1 that make up a toy assembly 10 can also be varied, from only two toys 1 up to any number that is suitable for the pet.
The invention is not to be seen as limited by the preferred embodiments described above, but can be varied within the scope of the appended claims, as will become readily apparent to the person skilled in the art. For instance, the specific layout and dimensions of a toy, as well as the length and complexity of the path can be varied, and the size of a toy can be altered to fit different types of pets.
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