Abstract: A die is utilized to cut chew toy bases from tire sidewalls extracted from used tires. The chew toy bases are initially soaked in a cleansing solution of bleach and a detergent, and are subsequently cleaned by scrubbing them with a brush and rinsing with water. The chew toy bases are placed on a drying rack, and are then soaked in a conditioning solution of a silicone-based rubber beautifier and a scenting and/or flavoring agent. The chew toy based are then polished and screened utilizing a metal detector to identify if there is any metal within the new toy bases. The chew toy bases are suitable for use as dog chew toys and, depending on the particular design of the chew toy bases, may be assembled to other chew toy bases to manufacture a composite dog chew toy.

Abstract: A die is utilized to cut chew toy bases from tire sidewalls extracted from used tires. The chew toy bases are placed into a cleaning tumbler containing sand and gravel for the purpose of cleaning and polishing the chew toy bases. They are subsequently removed from the cleaning tumbler and placed into a rinsing tumbler containing water to remove residual sand and dirt. The chew toy bases are placed onto a drying rack, and then removed into a final treatment tumbler containing porous media having flavoring and beautifying agents applied thereto. Rotation of the final treatment tumbler brings the chew toy bases into contact with the porous media to effect a transfer of the flavoring and beautifying agents to the chew toy bases. When removed from the final treatment tumbler, the cleaned and treated chew toy bases may be utilized as dog chew toys.

Abstract: A pile-surfaced toy ball is made by affixing to the exterior of a hollow rubber ball, such as a tennis ball, the inner end portions of stubs in closely spaced relationship by hotmelt, and when the hotmelt has set, the outer end portions of the stubs which can be of twisted strand rope or slit film in roll form can be fluffed by tumbling or combing to provide a dense pile surface. A tail such as of twisted strand rope can be attached to the ball during its manufacture by inserting in the core of the ball a knot on the end of the tail by movement through a slit in the core ball spread apart to enable the knot to pass into the interior of the ball by movement transversely of the length of the tail.