JP4804637B2 - Pet toys - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pet toy, and more particularly to a toy suitable for a dog to bite and play.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Toys that dogs play are roughly divided into fiber-based and rubber-based toys.
[0003]
Among these, the fiber-based one is a rope tied in a bone-like shape, a ball-like shape made of a fluffy soft material, or a cotton-like cloth is twisted into a rope shape or ball-like There are things that are rounded.
[0004]
On the other hand, rubber-based products are ball-shaped or hamburger-shaped, formed in a hollow shape, resembling the shape of an animal bone, tied with a tube, or hollow or solid providing a plurality of rod-like protrusions on the surface of the spherical body is such as those formed into a shape such as a sea urchin (this sea urchin-like thing is also provided toothpaste effect.).
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, since dogs have sharp teeth, the toys are required to have appropriate strength (durability). Dog toys must also have the appeal of keeping dogs biting without getting bored.
[0006]
However, in the case of fiber-type toys, although it is considered excellent in terms of the feel when chewed, it has a disadvantage that it is quickly bitten due to its low strength, resulting in poor durability. Therefore, there was a problem as a toy for a dog to keep playing alone for a long time.
[0007]
On the other hand, among the rubber toys, the hollow ball-shaped one is considered to be superior in terms of irritation to the dog because it deforms greatly when chewed, but it is thin and easy to break through with the dog's teeth, It was inferior in durability like the fiber type.
[0008]
In addition, a rubber-based material formed into a lump such as a bone shape is superior in strength because the dog's teeth do not penetrate. However, it is thought that the bite is monotonous because it is merely a compressive deformation, but the dog tended to get tired of biting immediately and lacked its appeal as a toy.
[0009]
Furthermore, in the case of a toy shaped like a sea urchin, if the body is hollow, it is not as durable as a rubber ball, and if the body is a lump (solid), the chewing response is monotonous. There was a problem that dogs were easily bored.
[0010]
The present invention aims to improve such a current situation.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The toy of the present invention includes a main body manufactured by blow molding or injection molding using rubber or elastomer as a raw material, and the main body has a hollow cylindrical shape with one end and the other end opened, and has a substantially equal wall thickness as a whole. The main body has a bellows-like shape with concavities and convexities on both the inside and outside in a longitudinal sectional view.For this reason, when the pet bites, the main body is bent and crushed against the elasticity and the deformation described above. Axial expansion and contraction that stretches or contracts the unevenness is allowed.
[0012]
A toy according to a second aspect of the present invention is the toy according to the first aspect, wherein the main body is provided with a sounding device that produces a sound when moved or pressed, and the main body includes one end and the other end of the main body. A pair of stoppers for preventing the sounding tool from coming off is formed by increasing the inward projecting dimensions of the irregularities located on both sides of the sounding tool.
[0013]
[0014]
[Operation and effect of the invention]
Since the toy of the present invention has a bellows shape in which irregularities are continuous on the inside and outside, for example, when a dog bites, the toy is bent and deformed as a whole, deformed so as to stretch the irregularities, or complex elastically deformed.
[0015]
As the toy is elastically deformed in this way, the dog's biting force is absorbed, and as a result, high durability can be maintained even though it is not in a lump state.
[0016]
Further, it is considered to be because can given the complex stimuli to the teeth of dogs by toy complex elastic deformation, dogs without getting tired even continue chewing for a long time a toy, high appeal as a toy.
[0017]
Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to ensure high durability while fully exhibiting the essential function of the toy that keeps the pet interested. In addition, since the dog's teeth are rubbed by the bellows-like irregularities, it also has a brushing effect.
[0018]
In addition, since the toy of the present invention has a cylindrical shape and a bellows shape with a concave-convex section, the toy is bent and deformed to be more complicated and elastically deformed. It can absorb and give a stronger stimulus to the dog.
[0019]
Also, toys by irregularities in the vertical cross section is shaped to a continuous, toys to be shrink Shin fine axially, will be complicated of elastic deformation increases further, so that durability and toys As a result, it is possible to further improve the charm.
[0020]
By the way, pets such as dogs and cats react to sound and have a property of being interested in things that make sound. For this reason, when a sounding tool is provided inside the main body as in claim 2 , the pet 's interest can be drawn more strongly, and the attractiveness as a toy can be significantly improved.
[0021]
Toys of the invention is particularly suitable as a dog toy, it is possible to use as a mammalian pet bets toy with habit chew objects like a cat.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0023]
(1). First embodiment (FIGS. 1 to 3)
1 to 3 show the first embodiment. FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view, FIG. 2 is a side view, and FIG. 3 is a partial front view of an example of a use state.
[0024]
In the present embodiment, the toy 1 includes a cylindrical main body 2 having both ends opened, and a sounding tool 3 fitted in an intermediate portion of the main body 2.
[0025]
The main body 2 is made of a material that undergoes large elastic deformation (elongation deformation and bending deformation) such as a synthetic rubber or a thermoplastic elastomer, and has a substantially equal thickness as a whole, and a bellows in which concaves and convexes are continuous in the axial direction inside and outside. It is formed in a shape. Therefore, the surface (outer surface) and the back surface (inner surface) of the main body 2 have a cross-sectional shape in which similar irregularities are continuous.
[0026]
Body 2, as its left and right end portions the central portion is large in diameter, that are formed in the spindle-shaped central portion is swollen loosely as a whole.
[0027]
Incidentally, the main body 2 is molded by injection molding using that can be easily produced by a blow molding method or an injection molding method using an outer mold and the outer mold of the (split method and integral structure inner die of split type If you, the body 2 which is molded to extend deformed body 2 when mold is opened by dividing the outer mold can be easily removed from the inner mold.).
[0028]
The sounding tool 3 includes a hollow ball 4 made of plastic or the like and a bell 5 that is freely inserted into the hollow ball 4 (in place of the bell 5, an appropriate number of balls made of metal or the like are appropriately placed. , by collisions with the collision or sphere and hollow the ball 4 of the ball between it may produce sound.). Moreover, the hollow ball 4 is not necessarily required, and the bell 5 may be attached to the inner surface of the main body 2 with a string.
[0029]
Therefore, when the main body 2 is moved, the bell 5 sounds (sound is emitted). In order to prevent the sounding instrument 3 from coming off, stopper portions 6 having an inward protruding dimension of the unevenness are formed on the left and right sides of the main body 2 with the intermediate portion interposed therebetween.
[0030]
When dog outer part of the hollow balls 4 of the body 2 is chewed, for example, as in FIG. 3, the body 2 is complicatedly deformed such irregularities are pulled Shin field while collapsing deformation. Although not shown in the figure, in practice, deformations such as bending of the axis and deformations twisting around the axis are often added.
[0031]
And since the force which a dog bites is absorbed by this complicated deformation | transformation of the main body 2, although the main body 2 is hollow and thin, the main body 2 is hardly pierced by dog teeth. Therefore, durability is high.
[0032]
In addition, the complex deformation of the main body 2 always adds a new stimulus to the dog's teeth, and the sounding tool 3 sounds each time the toy 1 is moved, and the stimulus is also applied from the auditory aspect. The dog never bites the toy 1 and can play for a long time.
[0033]
(2). Second embodiment (FIG. 4)
In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the bellows-like body 2, so that one end side portion is closer to the other end portion is a small-diameter portion 2a in the large-diameter portion 2b, and is formed asymmetrically. The large diameter portion 2b swells so that the diameter between both ends of the large diameter portion 2b is large. Further, the sounding tool 3 has a structure in which a plurality of balls 7 are placed in a hollow ball 4.
[0034]
In this embodiment, there is an advantage that it is possible to deal with the size of the dog with one kind, such as playing with the small diameter portion 2a when playing with a small dog and playing with the large diameter portion 2b when playing with an adult dog.
[0035]
(3) Third embodiment (FIG. 5)
In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the main body 2 has a cylindrical bellows shape and a curved shape as a whole, and the sounding tool 3 is fitted in the middle part of the main body 2. Similarly to FIG. 4, the diameters may be different on both sides of the sound generator 3 .
[0036]
(4). Fourth embodiment (FIG. 6)
In 4th Embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the unevenness | corrugation of the main body 2 is formed in the spiral shape like a screw. The point that the main body 2 is hollow with substantially the same thickness is the same as the other embodiments. The unevenness may be a single-row method or a multi-row method.
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[0047]
(10). Others The present invention can be embodied in various ways other than the above embodiment.
[0048]
[0049]
For example, the surface can be fluffed in order to attract more pet interest. Furthermore, when a sounding tool is provided, the sound generation principle (structure), size, number, or attachment means to the main body can be variously embodied.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a partial front view showing an example of a usage state of the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway front view of a second embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a front view of a third embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a front view of a fourth embodiment.
[Brief description of symbols]
1 Toy 2 Body 3 Sounding tool 4 Hollow ball 5 Bell
6 Stopper part

Claims (2)

It has a main body manufactured by blow molding or injection molding using rubber or elastomer as a raw material,
The main body has a hollow cylindrical shape with one end and the other end opened, and has substantially the same thickness as a whole, and has a bellows-like shape with concavities and convexities on both the inside and outside in a longitudinal sectional view. The main body is allowed to bend and crush deformation against elasticity and axial expansion and contraction to expand and contract the unevenness when the pet bites.
Pet toys. Provided inside the main body is a sounding tool that makes a sound when it moves or is pressed, and the main body has a pair of sounds for preventing the sounding tool from coming off from one end and the other end of the main body. The stopper part is formed by increasing the inward projecting dimension of the unevenness located on both sides with the sounding tool in between.
The pet toy according to claim 1.

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