An amusement device includes a number of model mice each mounted on a baseboard for movement into and out of respective enclosures on the board. A user can operate the models from beneath the board to move them back and forth, into and out of the enclosures. The device is intended to provide recreational activity for a pet owner and pet while protecting the owner's hands against inadvertent scratching or biting.

A cat toy comprising a handle. A switch member is attached to the handle comprises a single piece of material with a continuous central area. Slits formed in the same piece of material to extend outwardly from each side of the strip area to the ends of the material. These strips divide the material at each side of the central area into a plurality of strips. A ferrule is clamped around the switch member and an end of the handle to attach the switch member to the handle. The device is a pleasing ...

A toy for pets, especially cats, in the form of a blanket-like material with selectively expansible "risers" operated remotely by a pet owner.

A puppy toy or comforter comprising two generally rectangular hollow bodies of fabric of similar dimensions which are filled with padding material and which are joined together in overlying relationship along three outer edges. The conjoined bodies define a cavity into which may be inserted an article, such as a clock or ticking watch, or bottle filled with warm water, for pacifying or comforting a puppy. In a modification, the bodies are each provided with releasable fastening means at one end ...

A play ball including a generally spherical body portion having an outer surface and a plurality of elongated, narrow ribs projecting outwardly from the outer surface. The ribs are interconnected and define a plurality of spaced recesses, all of the recesses being configured in the shape of an equilateral triangle and surrounded by three interconnected rib segments of the same length.

An amusement device for cats comprising a discontinuous yarn retracting and storing mechanism enclosed in a housing and adapted to pay out yarn retractably when the yarn is pulled by a cat being amused. The mechanism retracts the yarn silently and with an intermittent motion; a lure may be attached to the free end of the yarn, and the housing may be shaped like a ball of yarn. Means are provided to support the device on floors.

A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus onto the floor or wall or other opaque surface in the vicinity of the cat, then moving the laser so as to cause the bright pattern of light to move in an irregular way fascinating to cats, and to any other animal with a chase instinct.

An elevator/staircase toy for small animals (hamsters, gerbils, mice, or other small animals) housed in a transparent containment structure and comprising, first, a plurality of vertical walls radiating from a central vertical axis with a rotational sequence of horizontal plates disposed between them and offset vertically in an incremental and progressive manner, with a plurality of apertures disposed in the vertical walls in corresponding relation to the plates, optionally including one-way pas...

An animal amusement device is described incorporating a radio receiver triggered by the operation of an animal. The receiver, triggered by operation of the animal's contact with an animal operated switch, is timed and subsequently turned off. The animal switching means provides a tactile feedback to the animal so that it may sense the act of switching. Switching is accomplished with a momentary contact switch that activates a timer to control the energization of the radio receiver.

A cat toy including a housing having an opening permitting a cat to reach within the housing, wherein the housing is formed from a single piece of material that is originally a flat form that is folded into the final housing configuration. The toy further includes at least one amusement device retained within the housing.