Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Andrew T. Cornelius
  • Patent number: 6345593
    Abstract: A combination scratching post with a touch activated component and motorized mechanism for domestic cats that moves a mouse toy in an irregular manner that is intended to attract cats for the purpose of using the scratching post for play and exercise as well as grooming in the form of cleaning and sharpening its claws on the scratching post. The mouse toy is constructed in such a way as to allow the inside to be filled and refilled with catnip, a substance which cats find attractive, each time being resealed by means of an enclosure at the base of the toy. The mouse toy is activated to move via a motor inside the scratching post by a two step procedure. First, the device is “turned on” by a switch at the base of the post. This action does not activate the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Creative Products International
    Inventors: Frances Todd Stewart, Raymond Ho-Cheong Cheng