ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,788, issued on Feb. 24.
"Toys for pets, and methods for making and using toys for pets" was invented by Louis Spinelli (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy for a pet generally includes a housing defining an opening, and an insert configured to fit at least partly within the opening of the housing. The insert is expandable from a first configuration in which the insert is capable of freely moving into and/or out of the opening of the housing to a second configuration in which the insert is inhibited from moving out of the opening of the housing. In some aspects, the insert is configured to substantially fill the opening of th...