ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,927, issued on Aug. 12.
"Toy for animals, in particular dogs or cats" was invented by Andrzej Citak (Raasdorf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy for promoting the intelligence of animals, in particular dogs or cats, has a base, a connection element, and holding elements, which protrude from the base, and at least one elongated hollow body which is closed at one end and open at another end and into which small-sized animal treats can be inserted. The hollow body is tiltably arranged on the connection element about the longitudinal axis of the connection element so that the closed end of the hollow body lies on the upper fac...