Pet exercise and entertainment device

摘要

Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for exercising and entertaining a pet. In one implementation, a pet exercise and entertainment device includes a launch funnel for launching projectiles for a pet to retrieve. The launch funnel has a feeder and a chute. The feeder is configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to an intake end of the chute. A sensor is configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors to power up in response to sensing the projectile. An actuator is configured to release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end of the chute after a pre-determined time has elapsed. One or more wheels, rotated by the one or more motors, are configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute.

主权项

1. A pet exercise and entertainment device comprising:
a chute extending from an intake end to a launch end; a feeder having a wide mouth that tapers in diameter from an edge to the intake end of the chute, the feeder configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to the intake end of the chute; a sensor configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors to power up in response to sensing the projectile; an actuator configured to automatically release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end of the chute, after a pre-determined time has elapsed, in response to when the sensor sensed the projectile in the intake end; and one or more wheels, rotated by the one or more motors, configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute for a pet to retrieve.