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Exercise and amusement device for animals

US5634436A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 8, 1995
Grant dateJun 3, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 8, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01K15/025
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An exercise and amusement device for animals for providing repeated audio stimulation to an animal in response to the animal taking hold and pulling upon a portion of the device. A housing containing a audio unit may be mounted to a base or a stationary support, with playback of a series of sounds stored within the audio unit initiated by an attached tension-activated switch attached to an external cable graspable by the animal. The audio unit is provided for storing a series of sounds in a memory, directing a series of sounds stored in the memory to an audio speaker whereby the series of sounds is played, deleting a series of sounds from the memory, receiving a new series of sounds from a microphone, and adding the new series of sounds to the memory.

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