Abstract: A pet toy with a squeaker configuration, wherein one or more squeakers are located on or adjacent to the surface of the toy, such that when pressure is applied on the surface of the toy, one or more squeakers are activated and a squeaking sound emanates therefrom. In a preferred embodiment, the toy is filled with material with sufficient density to create a firmness that the squeaker can be compressed against for the squeaker to produce sound. When pressure is applied on the toy surface, a burst of sound emanates from the one or more squeakers.

Abstract: A pet tug toy including a noise maker bladder sewn along a squeaker rope that may have pet handles or other shapes at its distal ends, and which rope extends through a tubular channel of a center section and that causes a burst of sound when the squeaker rope is pulled though the tubular channel, with the squeak sound emitted either when a squeaker in the squeaker rope is compressed by direct pressure applied by the pet to that part of the squeaker rope encompassing a squeaker bladder, or alternatively by compression of one or more of the squeak bladders positioned inside of the rope when the rope is pulled through the channel, and with the toy formed into various shapes including animal shapes such as the shape of a monkey, alligator, crocodile, cow and rabbit, for example.

Abstract: A pet tug toy including a noise maker bladder sewn along a squeaker rope that may have pet handles or other shapes at its distal ends, and which rope extends through a tubular channel of a center section and that causes a burst of sound when the squeaker rope is pulled though the tubular channel, with the squeak sound emitted either when a squeaker in the squeaker rope is compressed by direct pressure applied by the pet to that part of the squeaker rope encompassing a squeaker bladder, or alternatively by compression of one or more of the squeak bladders positioned inside of the rope when the rope is pulled through the channel, and with the toy formed into various shapes including animal shapes such as the shape of a monkey, alligator, crocodile, cow and rabbit, for example.

Abstract: A method for forming an plurality of paths on a substrate includes drilling an opening for a via to a depth to expose a first pad and a second pad, lining the opening with a conductive material, and insulating a first portion of the lining in the opening from a second portion of the lining in the opening to form a first electrical path contacting the first pad and a second electrical path contacting the second pad.

Abstract: A method of forming a device associated with a via includes forming an opening or via, and forming at least a pair of conducting paths within the via. Also disclosed is a via having at pair of conducting paths therein.

Abstract: A system includes a device having at least one integrated circuit. The integrated circuit further includes a first layer of conductive material, a second layer of conductive material, and a via having multiple electrical paths for interconnecting the first layer of conductive material and the second layer of conductive material. A method for forming a via includes drilling an opening to a depth to expose a first pad and a second pad, lining the opening with a conductive material, and insulating a first portion of the lining in the opening from a second portion of the lining in the opening to form a first electrical path contacting the first pad and a second electrical path contacting the second pad.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes providing a substrate, providing a coverlay blank, laminating the coverlay blank to the substrate, and forming at least one opening in the coverlay blank by photolithography.