Animated ball and track attractant device for cats

摘要

An animated ball and track attractant device for cats, employing a circular housing 54 containing a miniature motor 62 within its confines, and having an elongated sweep arm mounted at a right angle to the motor output shaft 64. Both sweep arm ends 66 and 68 have permanent magnets 70 and 72 attached thereto, whereby a ball 60 containing a loose permanent magnet 60a within, is attracted to either magnet 70 or 72, thus causing the ball to simultaneously spin and hop as it orbits around an annular track 58, adjacent to the peripheral edge of the circular housing 54, thereby attracting a cat into imminent play with the device.