Hamill Dennis W.,Hamill Deborah Lynn,Hamill Lee Elizabeth,Hamill Grant Patrick,Hamill Katie Marcella,Hamill Lucy Rejahl
申请号：
US201615163164
公开号：
US10117419(B2)
申请日:
2016.05.24
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2018
代理人:
Polsinelli PC
摘要：
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for exercising and entertaining a pet. In one implementation, a pet exercise and entertainment device includes a launch funnel for launching projectiles for a pet to retrieve. The launch funnel has a feeder and a chute. The feeder is configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to an intake end of the chute. A sensor is configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors to power up in response to sensing the projectile. An actuator is configured to release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end of the chute after a pre-determined time has elapsed. One or more wheels, rotated by the one or more motors, are configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute.
