Dog bone holder

Details Dog bone holder Dog bone holder

1999-12-14

2001-11-06

Jordan, Charles T. (Department: 3644)

Animal husbandry

Feeding device

Reexamination Certificate

active

06311639

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Dogs like to chew. Thus we, humans, give them bones. All types of commercial bones are on the market. However there is nothing to hold the bone for the dog. In order for a dog to eat a bone, the bone must be held upright. A dog can do this in two ways, either by holding the bone between its feet or holding the bone up against an object. When the dog holds the bone up against an object the dog sometimes chews on the object rather than the bone. Thus one of the objectives of this invention is to produce a device that holds a bone at just the right height for a dog to chew without the dog having to hold the bone with its feet. Another problem that arises is that the dog often picks an inconvenient place to chew the bone. Often they choose a place right in the walkway. Thus an objective of this invention is to create a bone holder where the dog's owner can choose where the dog will chew his bone. Another objective of the invention is to eliminate bone and parts of bone lying around the house. Dogs are not good a putting their bone away when they are through with them. They just leave them lying. The dog bone holder holds the bones even after the dog is through.
The feature that achieves these objectives is a device that holds a dog one for the dog to chew upon. The holder can also be fastened to the wall or floor to keep the device in one place.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The device is a dog bone holder. In the preferred embodiment the device is cubical in shape with an opening at the top or bottom or both. A channel from the top is cut in one or more of the sides. If the channel runs from the top, the channel is shaped like a “z” lying on its side. If the channel runs from the bottom the channel is shaped as a upside down “u” with one side not fully extending. A bone is placed in these channels for the dog to chew upon. The channels will hold the bone firmly in place. In another embodiment of the invention, the channel is short and straight. Only approximately as long as the bone is wide. In this embodiment a covering for the open top or bottom holds the bone in place. On the bottom or side of the bone holder are suction cups, or glue or some other method to hold the bone holder to the floor.


REFERENCES:
patent: D. 120628 (1940-05-01), Jembrzycki
patent: D. 357557 (1995-04-01), Piper
patent: 5971335 (1999-10-01), Perrin et al.

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