CN112205314A

CN112205314A - Intelligence toy for pet

Info

Publication number: CN112205314A
Application number: CN201910628799.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张树凡
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Su Meiling
Priority date: 2019-07-12
Filing date: 2019-07-12
Publication date: 2021-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 2039-07-12
Also published as: CN112205314B

Abstract

The invention relates to a pet educational toy, which comprises an upper shell, a lower shell, a clapboard and a locking mechanism. The baffle is located between last casing and the lower casing, and it is separated into the first room of accomodating that is located last casing one side and the second that is located lower casing one side with the inside of body and accomodates the room. The partition plate is provided with a through hole capable of communicating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. The locking mechanism includes a locking bar and a return spring. The locking rod is provided with a large end capable of closing the through hole and a pressing end capable of extending out of the first containing chamber. The return spring is configured to enable the large head end to abut against the partition plate and close the through hole in a natural state. The pet intelligence toy according to the present invention can devastatively develop pet intelligence, causing it to acquire food by "pressing" the locking bar.

Description

Intelligence toy for pet

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a pet educational toy for heuristically training a pet to learn autonomously to obtain food.

Background

Conventionally, as a toy for giving a solid food such as a pill shape to a pet while the pet is playing, the following toys have been used: a tumbler or cylindrical container, i.e., a pet toy, having a hole for allowing food for a pet to enter and exit; a pet toy in the shape of a stick having a gap on the surface thereof for receiving a pet food. These pet toys are configured to take out the pet food from the hole or the gap by putting the pet food into the container through the hole, or by putting the toy on a pet after sandwiching the pet food by the gap on the surface, holding the toy in the pet, or rolling the toy with the foot.

However, in this structure, since the food can be taken out without specific conditions and the pet can eat the food with less effort, there is a disadvantage that the intellectual property effect cannot be obtained without thinking the pet.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the pet toys according to the prior art, it is an object of the present invention to provide an educational toy capable of attracting the interest of pets and developing the intelligence of pets sufficiently.

This object is achieved by a pet puzzle according to the present invention. The pet educational toy comprises an upper shell, a lower shell, a partition board and a locking mechanism. Wherein the upper housing has an inlet for feeding food. The lower housing is configured to be removably secured to the upper housing to form a body of the pet puzzle. The lower housing has an outlet at a side and the bottom is configured to support a pet puzzle. The baffle is located between last casing and the lower casing, and it is separated into the first room of accomodating that is located last casing one side and the second that is located lower casing one side with the inside of body and accomodates the room. The partition plate is provided with a through hole capable of communicating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. The locking mechanism includes a locking bar and a return spring. The locking rod is provided with a large end capable of closing the through hole and a pressing end capable of extending out of the first containing chamber. The return spring is configured to enable the large head end to abut against the partition plate and close the through hole in a natural state.

According to the pet educational toy in the form, under the natural condition, the big end of the locking rod is abutted against the partition plate and seals the through hole. The food entering the first receiving chamber through the inlet is sealed in the first receiving chamber, and the food cannot enter the second receiving chamber and flow out (roll out) of the outlet. When the locking lever is pressed, the locking lever moves down against the force (pressure or tension) of the return spring, whereby the through hole is opened, and the food falls into the second receiving chamber and flows out through the outlet. At an early stage, the pressing action may be demonstrated by the pet owner. The pet can learn how to eat the food after multiple observations and reward-shaped encouragement of the food.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the partition is a bowl-shaped structure and the through-hole is located in the bottom of the bowl-shaped structure. The bowl configuration allows the baffle itself to be constructed as a container. When the through hole is provided at the bottom of the bowl (bottom of the bowl-like structure), the bowl-like structure facilitates the food to be automatically guided to a position adjacent to the through hole. In the case where there is only a small amount of food inside the toy, the operation of pressing the locking lever also ensures that the food falls from the first receiving chamber into the second receiving chamber.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the lower housing is provided with a guiding surface configured to guide the food to the outlet. Similar to the mechanism of guiding food in the bowl-shaped structure, the guiding surface also functions to guide food to the outlet more smoothly.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lower case has a case member configured to form a case of the lower case, and a guide member detachably provided inside the case member.

Advantageously, with such a combined lower housing, the manufacturing process of the lower housing is significantly simplified and the manufacturing costs of the pet puzzle are reduced.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the large head end has a configuration of a substantially truncated cone with a large top and a small bottom, and the through hole has a configuration of a substantially truncated cone adapted to the large head end. When the large end and the through hole are arranged to be approximately in a truncated cone shape, the degree of pressing down of the locking rod determines the size of the gap of the opened through hole, and therefore the feeding amount of foodstuff is determined. It can be understood that when the locking rod is pressed down for a longer distance, the gap between the through hole and the large head end becomes larger, and more food can flow out of the outlet; otherwise, less food flows out.

Generally, larger pets have a greater food demand and, at the same time, a relatively greater strength; smaller pets have less food demand and strength. Obviously, the structural design of the cone frustum can well meet the characteristics of different forces and corresponding different food demands of pets with different body types, and meet the distribution requirements of pets of different age stages and different classes on demand.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the locking mechanism further includes a spring case detachably fixed to the upper case, and one end of the return spring is placed in the spring case and the other end abuts against the locking lever.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inlet is provided with a rubber member which can be nested in the inlet, and the rubber member comprises criss-cross gaps. The user can press the notch of the elastic rubber member and supplement the food to the pet educational toy. By virtue of the elasticity, the rubber piece can automatically recover, so that when the pet educational toy is touched by mistake and the inlet is downward, food is not easy to flow out of the first accommodating chamber. Furthermore, the above form of rubber member allows the user to throw in more food at a time.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the side wall of the upper case has a lower end surface having a substantially saw-tooth shape, and the upper end surface of the side wall of the lower case has an upper end surface adapted to the lower end surface. Therefore, an operator can conveniently assemble the upper and lower shells into a whole, and the pressing end sleeve is provided with the key according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the outlet is provided in plurality.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the locking lever is further provided with a reinforcing rib connecting the large head end and the main portion of the locking lever. After the reinforcing rib is arranged, the big end can be more firmly fixed on the main body part of the locking rod, and the big end and the clapboard are ensured not to fall off after being impacted for many times, so the service life of the pet intelligence toy can be obviously prolonged.

The pet intelligence toy according to the present invention has an upper case, a lower case, a partition, and a locking mechanism. The baffle is located between last casing and the lower casing, and it is separated into the first room of accomodating that is located last casing one side and the second that is located lower casing one side with the inside of body and accomodates the room. The partition plate is provided with a through hole capable of communicating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber. The locking mechanism includes a locking bar and a return spring. The locking rod is provided with a large end capable of closing the through hole and a pressing end capable of extending out of the first containing chamber. The return spring is configured to enable the large head end to abut against the partition plate and close the through hole in a natural state. The pet intelligence toy according to the present invention can devastatively develop pet intelligence, causing it to acquire food by "pressing" the locking bar.

Drawings

For a better understanding of the above and other objects, features, advantages and functions of the present invention, reference should be made to the preferred embodiments illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to like parts. It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the drawings are intended to illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention without any limiting effect on the scope of the invention, and that the various components in the drawings are not drawn to scale.

FIGS. 1-2 are schematic diagrams of the general construction of a pet puzzle according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 3-4 are exploded views of FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the pet puzzle showing the locking rod in a compressed state;

fig. 6 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the pet puzzle showing the locking rod in a natural state.

Detailed Description

The inventive concept of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. What has been described herein is merely a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention and other ways of practicing the invention will occur to those skilled in the art and are within the scope of the invention. In the following detailed description, directional terms, such as "upper", "lower", and the like, are used with reference to the orientation depicted in the accompanying drawings. Components of embodiments of the present invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations and the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting.

Fig. 1 and 2 show the general structure of a pet educational toy 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention from different angles, respectively. As shown in Figs. 1-2, the pet puzzle 100 has a button 43 made of plastic or rubber, etc. and an inlet 11 at an upper portion thereof, and an outlet 21 at a lower portion thereof. The inlet 11 may be provided in one or more; one or more outlets 21 may be provided, and preferably, a plurality of outlets 21 may be provided.

In the inlet 11 shown in fig. 2, it is formed by embedding a rubber member 12 having a large-sized notch provided on the upper case 10. Wherein, the rubber member 12 has criss-cross gaps.

By pressing the notch of the rubber member 12, the user can insert the food of the pet into the pet puzzle 100. With food in the pet puzzle 100, the user presses the button 43, and the food flows (rolls) through the internal channel of the pet puzzle 100 and exits the pet puzzle 100 through the opening shown in fig. 1.

It will be appreciated that the inlet 11 may also be formed by providing a through hole having a smaller opening.

The detailed structure of the pet puzzle 100 according to the present invention will be further described with reference to fig. 3-4, wherein fig. 3 and 4 are exploded views of fig. 1 and 2, respectively, from different angles.

As shown in fig. 3 to 4, the pet puzzle 100 includes an upper case 10, a lower case 20, a partition 30, and a locking mechanism. Wherein, the inlet 11 is arranged on the upper shell 10; the outlet 21 is provided at the side of the lower case 20. The lower case 20 and the upper case 10 are fixed to each other to form a body of the pet puzzle 100.

The bottom of the lower case 20 has a plane 221 for supporting the pet puzzle 100. In another embodiment, not shown, a plurality of support feet may be provided at the bottom of the lower housing 20 to support the pet puzzle 100.

A partition plate 30 is located between the upper case 10 and the lower case 20, and partitions the interior of the body into a first storage chamber located at the upper case 10 side and a second storage chamber located at the lower case 20 side. The partition plate 30 is provided with a through hole 301 (see fig. 5 and 6) capable of communicating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber.

The locking mechanism includes a locking lever 40 and a return spring 41. The locking lever 40 has a large head end 401 capable of closing the through hole and a pressing end 402 protrudable from the first accommodation chamber. The return spring 41 is configured to enable the large-head end 401 to abut against the partition plate 30 and close the through hole in a natural state.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 3 and 4, the locking mechanism further includes a spring case 42 removably secured to the upper housing 10. Specifically, the spring case 42 may be provided with a screw hole or a through hole, which is fixed to the upper case 10 by a screw or a bolt. The lower end of the return spring 41 is placed in the spring case 42, and the other end is fixedly connected to the locking lever 40. In the natural state, the return spring 41 is in a compressed state, and the lock lever 40 is thereby naturally lifted upward.

In another example not shown, the spring case 42 may not be provided. The return spring 41 is fixed at an upper end to the upper case 10 and at a lower end to the locking lever 40. In the natural state, the return spring 41 is in tension, and the lock lever 40 is thereby naturally lifted upward.

Referring further to fig. 3 and 4, in a preferred embodiment, the baffle 30 is provided in a bowl-like configuration. Wherein, the through hole is located at the bottom position of the bowl-shaped structure, preferably, the through hole 301 is located at the bottom center position, thereby facilitating the food to move towards the through hole 301 by self by using the self gravity. The bowl structure shown in fig. 3-4 is a pentagonal pyramid table structure, and in fact, the bowl structure also comprises other forms of polygonal pyramid table structures, and any three-dimensional structures such as a cone structure and the like with high peripheral height and low middle position in the circumferential direction.

In addition, the lower housing 20 is also preferably provided with a guide surface 231 guiding the food to the outlet 21, thereby more smoothly guiding the food to the outlet 21. In one embodiment, the lower housing 20 is provided as a split structure having a housing member 22 and a guide member 23. Wherein the shell member 22 forms the shell of the lower housing 20. The guide 23 having the guide surface 231 is detachably provided inside the housing member 22.

Preferably, the large end 401 of the locking rod 40 is arranged in a large-end-down and substantially truncated cone configuration. Correspondingly, the through hole 301 has a substantially truncated cone configuration adapted to the large head end 401.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, cross-sectional configurations of pet puzzle 100 are shown with locking rod 40 in a depressed state and locking rod 40 in a natural state, respectively. When the large end 401 and the through hole 301 are arranged to be substantially truncated cone, the degree to which the locking lever 40 is depressed determines the size of the gap of the through hole 301 that is opened (see fig. 5), thereby determining the amount of foodstuff that is discharged.

Referring further to fig. 5 and 6, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the side wall of the upper housing 10 has a lower end surface that is generally saw-toothed. Correspondingly, the upper end surfaces of the side walls of the lower case 20 have upper end surfaces adapted to the lower end surfaces. With this structure, the operator can easily butt the upper and

lower cases

10 and 20 to each other and assemble them into a single body.

More preferably, the end surfaces where the upper case 10 and the lower case 20 are joined to each other are formed in a stepped configuration in which they are fitted to each other, that is, the positions where the upper case 10 and the lower case 20 are joined to each other are each formed substantially "

"is used herein. When mounted, the upper case 10 can be more stably abutted against the lower case 20.

3-4, lower housing 20 may be provided with a plurality of internally threaded posts 222 extending upwardly. The upper housing 10, the partition 30 and the guide are provided with relief holes 232, 302 for the threaded post 222 or for cooperation with the threaded post 222. The screws are screwed into the corresponding screw posts 222 to fasten the upper and

lower cases

10 and 20 to each other.

In another embodiment, the threaded post 222 may be provided on the upper case 10, or the threaded posts 222 may be provided on the upper case 10 and the lower case 20, respectively.

In order to prevent the large head end 401 of the locking rod 40 from colliding with the through hole 301 multiple times and falling off after the locking rod 40 is pressed multiple times, in a preferred embodiment, the locking rod 40 is further provided with a reinforcing rib 403 connecting the large head end 401 and the main body portion of the locking rod 40.

The scope of the invention is limited only by the claims. Persons of ordinary skill in the art, having benefit of the teachings of the present invention, will readily appreciate that alternative structures to the structures disclosed herein are possible alternative embodiments, and that combinations of the disclosed embodiments may be made to create new embodiments, which also fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A pet educational toy, comprising:

an upper housing having an inlet for throwing in food;

a lower housing configured to be removably secured to the upper housing to form a body of the pet puzzle, the lower housing having an outlet at a side portion, and a bottom portion of the lower housing configured to support the pet puzzle;

it is characterized in that the pet educational toy further comprises:

a partition plate located between the upper case and the lower case, the partition plate partitioning an interior of the body into a first housing chamber located on one side of the upper case and a second housing chamber located on one side of the lower case, the partition plate being provided with a through hole capable of communicating the first housing chamber and the second housing chamber; and

a lock mechanism including a lock lever having a large head end capable of closing the through hole and a pressing end protrudable by the first accommodation chamber, and a return spring configured to enable the large head end to abut against the partition plate and close the through hole in a natural state.

2. A pet educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the partition is a bowl-like structure and the through hole is located at the bottom of the bowl-like structure.

3. A pet educational toy according to claim 2, wherein the lower housing is provided with a guide surface configured to guide the food to the outlet.

4. A pet puzzle according to claim 3, wherein the lower housing has an outer shell member configured to form an outer shell of the lower housing, and a guide member removably disposed within the outer shell member.

5. A pet educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the large end has a configuration of a generally truncated cone with a large top and a small bottom, and the through hole has a configuration of a generally truncated cone adapted to the large end.

6. A pet puzzle toy according to claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism further comprises a spring case removably secured to the upper housing, the return spring having one end disposed in the spring case and the other end abutting the locking lever.

7. A pet educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the inlet is provided with a rubber member nestable in the inlet, the rubber member comprising criss-cross gaps.

8. A pet educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the side wall of the upper housing has a lower end surface of a substantially saw-tooth shape, and the upper end surface of the side wall of the lower housing has an upper end surface to which the lower end surface is fitted.

9. A pet educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the push end cap is provided with a button.

10. A pet puzzle according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the outlet is provided in plurality.

11. A pet puzzle according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the locking bar is further provided with a reinforcing rib connecting the stub end and the body portion of the locking bar.