DE202010013828U1 - Cat Toys - Google Patents

Abstract

Cat toys, made from renewable raw materials of sustainable use and / or those materials that are obtained while conserving resources and the environment and are considered safe for humans and animals according to the state of the art, consisting of holders, connectors and objects, characterized in that 1.1 that Holders, connectors and objects can be used both individually and in various combinations and that holders can be releasably connected to one another and to objects by means of connectors.

Description

The present invention relates to a variable, highly visible toy for cats.

A large number of cat owners interact with their pet while playing with so-called cat fishing.

These are generally elastic, partly hollow rods made of plastic material with attached predominantly plastic-based signal elements in the form of colored feather tufts, colorful, cut into thin strips plastic films, small colorful replicas of prey of synthetic plush, colored fur or leather strips or cords and other soft bodies such as balls or figures made of plastic foams or lights or balls

In part, these signaling elements are also mixed with fragrances to be more attractive to the cat and to interact with it and perhaps also to mask possible exhalations of used plastics.

So is in DE / EP 0153402 such an elastic rod described with a handle having at its end signal elements in one of the described similar type and consists of plastic.

Out DE 4315124 A1 is a handle known, which may also be a wall mount, with a resilient rod and a signal element in the form of a wooden ball or lamp.

In addition, there are many variations of these toys described in the trade in the shops of almost all pet shops.

In particular, these varied modifications of these described toys are, similar to children's toys, often made of hazardous or dangerous plastics for the cats.

Since cats also gnaw and gnash their toys while playing or teething, there is a danger, similar to infants with their toys, of swallowing the colorful or glittering plastic strips and feathers often used as signaling elements or plastics or parts of these toys in general and thereby cause symptoms such as allergies or even life-threatening gastric complications.

In addition, many such toys, like other merchandise, are manufactured for reasons of profit maximization in the cheapest way for rapid wear without the possibility of exchanging or repurchasing defective parts to induce thoughtless buyers to purchase these scrap products as often as possible, without taking into account aspects such as customer benefit Think of durability, environmental sustainability and sustainability.

Another disadvantage of these cat toys lies in their rather one-sided usability, just as a cat's louse, whose charm on cats naturally declines at the latest when loss or destruction of the signal elements. The play instinct of an agile cat such products usually resist only a few minutes, the consumer at least disposal of plastic waste and sometimes a sick cat remains.

The aim of the invention is to counter this described, to be assessed as questionable toys a more advantageous design of a cat toy in which aspects such as environmental compatibility, harmlessness and sustainability come into their own.

This goal is achieved by the variable, highly visible toy for cats ( 1 )

This variable, highly visible cat toy ( 1 ) consists of different elements that can also be used individually, which are to be combined with each other, by equipment elements ( 10 ) are expandable and can be replaced when worn.

These elements are connectors ( 7a () ( 7b ), as well as well visible holders ( 2 ) and objects ( 4 ).

Well visible in the sense of the invention are located in the blue or yellow area colors of the elements or colored markings ( 6 ) on this. When choosing the color fittings of the holders ( 2 ) and objects ( 4 ) and markings ( 6 ) are preferred shades, but not exclusively, settled there.

This is necessary for better adaptation of the holder ( 2 ) and objects ( 4 ) to the visual abilities of the cats, which have only blue and yellow color receptors, but no red receptors. Such colored toy parts can see a cat during play as her visual receptors according to or attentive to them.

Interconnects ( 7a () 7b ) preferably have reddish or red shades. This causes connectors ( 7a () 7b ) opposite holders ( 2 ) and objects ( 4 ) optically for the cat in the background, because cats have no red receptors.

Such highly visible holders ( 2 ) and objects ( 4 ), as well as connectors ( 7a () 7b ) are preferably made of renewable raw materials such as wood from sustainable production, where due to its hygienic and technical advantages and its physiological safety and sustainable availability Fagus sylvatica is a preferred material.

The invention will be described below with reference to its basic elements.

A holder ( 2 ) in the sense of the invention is for eirigen roles or balls and for receiving connectors ( 7a () 7b ), has at least one recess ( 5 ) for inserting a connector ( 7a () 7b ), over at least one, over at least a portion of the visible surface, but not in the recess ( 5 ) extending, highly visible mark ( 6 ), and as needed via one or more recesses ( 3 ).

When performing his irregular, known as eggs, or herring rolling movements appear on the surface of a holder ( 2 ) ( 6 ) also similar eggs and irregular in the field of view of a cat.

Arrangements of markings ( 6 ), which can attract attention in the cat approximately in the form of on holders ( 2 ) arranged highly visible points, such as eyes of prey animals imitating, or symbolic representations of possible prey animals.

A holder ( 2 ) receives, if necessary, in addition at least one positionally freely selectable raised interference field ( 8th ), such as a button or the like, whose task is to movements of the holder ( 2 ) while rolling.

This happens in such a way that this survey of the interference field ( 8th ) when staggering eggs or rolling around its roll axis ( 9 ) rotating holder ( 2 ) impacts the ground and thus changes the direction.

Recesses ( 3 ) are arranged as a placement point selectable on the surface of a holder and for equipment elements ( 10 ), which changes the appearance and playing characteristics of a holder ( 2 ), for example bundles or balls, and may be equipment elements ( 10 ) of various kinds in different ways, for example by magnetic action, gluing or clamps record.

Next to it is a holder ( 2 ) within the meaning of the invention as a handle of the well-visible cat toy ( 1 ) in its recess ( 5 ) a connector ( 7a () 7b ) is introduced by clamping.

Such connectors ( 7a () 7b ) are in a first preferred embodiment rods for rigidly connecting holders ( 2 ) and objects ( 4 ) with each other or with each other, with correspondingly shaped ends and one introducing and clamping in recesses ( 5 ) and preferably made of untreated wood in the region of the clamping in order to reduce the unavoidable loosening of the clamping of a connector ( 7a () 7b ) in a recess ( 5 ) by swelling the connector ( 7a () 7b ) by removing the end of a connector ( 7a () 7b ) and into the untreated recess ( 5 ) of a holder ( 2 ), in which case connectors ( 7a () 7b ) and holders ( 2 ) after the sources of the wood again clamp and this procedure is repeatable, which extends the useful life.

Such connectors are in a second preferred embodiment two by means of a flexible element ( 9 ) connected rods ( 7b ), otherwise like connectors ( 7a ) of the first execution and intended to 2 ) and objects ( 4 ) flexibly connect with each other or with each other, wherein the flexible element ( 8th ) is a rubber cord, for example.

Objects ( 4 ) are arbitrarily shapable, for example as a figure, body or sphere-like structures and are used to make the cat toy or for single use, with objects ( 4 ), like Harter, over recesses ( 5 ), Markings ( 6 ) and recesses ( 3 ) may be of the type described, but are not intended for rolling and have no interference fields.

In the described type manufactured cat toys have advantages over the described toys advantages in terms of safety in the application for humans and cats, increased play opportunities, longer shelf life, interchangeability of items, use sustainably won Rostoffe, saving the resource oil by dispensing with plastic and easy disposal.

The invention will be clarified with reference to drawings.

1 shows an example variant of a composite of such items described cat toy, where mean

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Cat Toys

2

holder

3

recess

4

object

5

recess

6

mark

7a

Connector of the first embodiment

7b

Connector of the second embodiment

8th

interference field

9

roll axis

10

equipment element

2 shows the enlarged view of a holder.

3 shows various examples of the combination of the elements of a cat toy.

QUOTES INCLUDE IN THE DESCRIPTION

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Cited patent literature

• EP 0153402 [0005]
• DE 4315124 A1 [0006]

Claims (2)

Cat toys, made from renewable raw materials for sustainable use and / or substances that are obtained with conservation of resources and the environment and are considered by the prior art to be harmless to humans and animals, consisting of holders, connectors and objects, characterized thereby, 1.1 that holders, connectors and objects can be used both individually and in various combinations and that holders can be releasably connected to each other and with objects by means of connectors. A cat toy according to claim 1, wherein the holders are suitable for rolling movement and have at least one recess for insertion of a connector. 2.1. Cat toy according to one of the preceding claims, whose holder and objects have at least one marking corresponding to the color receptors of the eyes present in cats. 2.2 cat toy according to one of the preceding claims, the holders are suitable for mounting or receiving of the appearance and / or the properties of a holder changing bodies.

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