Pet Toys Usable With Annular Foodstuffs

摘要

A plurality of pet toys are usable with annular-shaped foodstuffs. Each pet toy includes a support upon which the animal foodstuffs can be situated and one or more retainers connected with the support that retain the animal foodstuffs on the support. At least one retainer on each toy includes one or more elastically deformable structures that are movable between a free state and an elastically deformed state. In the elastically deformed state, an animal foodstuff can be received across the retainer and onto the support. In the free state, the retainer is structured to resist removal of the animal foodstuff from the support and across the retainer.

主权项

1. An animal toy that is structured to retain thereon an animal foodstuff which is of an annular shape and which has a hole formed therein, the animal toy comprising:
an elongated support structured to carry the foodstuff thereon when at least a portion of the support is received in the hole of the foodstuff; a retention apparatus comprising at least a first retainer situated at an end of the support and structured to be elastically deformable between a free state and a deformed state; the at least first retainer in the deformed state being structured to be at least partially received in the hole of the foodstuff and being further structured to permit the foodstuff to be moved along the at least first retainer and onto the support whereby the support is at least partially received in the hole; and the at least first retainer in the free state being structured to resist removal of the foodstuff from the support.