Abstract: An apparatus for combining planting implements enables an operator of a tractor to use both a conventional cultivating implement and a conventional broadcasting implement simultaneously. The apparatus is rigidly affixed to a conventional cultivating implement and comprises a support frame, a pair of brackets, and a connection bar. In combination, the support frame, pair of brackets, and connection bar provide a three-point connection whereby a conventional broadcasting implement may be attached thereto, thus enabling an operator of a tractor to use both a conventional cultivating implement and a conventional broadcasting implement simultaneously.

Abstract: A combine (work vehicle) is provided with: a positioning unit that obtains a measurement point indicating a position of a vehicle body; an initial external shape generating unit that generates an initial external shape of an agricultural field on the basis of a travel trajectory of the vehicle body constituted of a plurality of measurement points obtained when the vehicle body was manually driven along an external edge of the agricultural field; and an obstacle identification unit that identifies an obstacle for travel on the basis of the travel trajectory and generates an obstacle area including the identified obstacle.

Abstract: A vehicle control system for an agriculture vehicle. The vehicle control system includes a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive an engine speed of the agricultural vehicle, determine a difference between the engine speed and a desired engine speed, determine whether the difference is larger than an engine speed threshold, and control, responsive to the difference being larger than the engine speed threshold, the agricultural vehicle to shift to neutral.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steering method for an agricultural machine (10) which follows a guide vehicle (30) driving along a guide lane (RF) during a road trip.

Abstract: A seed orientation system for an agricultural planter includes a seed orientation coil assembly defining a helical pathway. As seed from a seed source enters the seed orientation coil assembly, air flow from an air source is directed toward the seed causing the seed to orient as the seed moves along the helical pathway toward a seed exit. Upon exiting the seed orientation coil assembly, the seed is deposited into the seed furrow with the seed tip-down and with germ of the seed facing an adjacent row. The seed orientation system may be retrofitted onto existing planter row units.

Abstract: A seed orientation system for an agricultural planter includes a seed orientation coil assembly defining a helical pathway. As seed from a seed source enters the seed orientation coil assembly, air flow from an air source is directed toward the seed causing the seed to orient as the seed moves along the helical pathway toward a seed exit. Upon exiting the seed orientation coil assembly, the seed is deposited into the seed furrow with the seed tip-down and with germ of the seed facing an adjacent row. The seed orientation system may be retrofitted onto existing planter row units.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for matching the operation of an individualizing device (26) and the operation of a portioning device (14) of an agricultural dispensing machine to each other in order to achieve a specified local depositing ratio (?x) when depositing seeds (K) individualized by the individualizing device (26) and fertilizer portions (P) produced by the portioning device (14) on a usable agricultural area (N), having the steps of: depositing individualized seeds (K) and produced fertilizer portions (P) onto the usable agricultural area (N) using the agricultural dispensing machine as part of a calibration drive and detecting the depositing positions (PK, PP) of the seeds (K) and fertilizer portions (P) deposited during the calibration drive and/or the local depositing relationship (?xK) thereof using a mobile testing device (54).

Abstract: A method for conveying and dropping seedlings based on a device for conveying and positioning a seedling tray of an automatic transplanter is provided. The device for conveying and positioning the seedling tray of the automatic transplanter includes a platform for conveying the seedling tray, a first sensor, a second sensor, a plurality of push rods, and a control system. The platform is configured for conveying the seedling tray to be below seedling picking claws. The push rods are evenly distributed on the platform. The seedling tray is placed between adjacent two of the push rods. The first sensor is mounted close to the seedling picking claws and configured for identifying the seedling tray. The second sensor is mounted on a rack of the platform for conveying the seedling tray and configured for identifying the push rods. The control system controls the platform for conveying the seedling tray.

Abstract: [Problem] In a control system for a work vehicle, safety when a backward work permission switch is operated OFF is further enhanced. [Solution] A control system for a work vehicle includes a control device that controls driving of a work implement in accordance with an operation of a work operation unit and forcibly stops the work implement when the work vehicle travels backward, and a backward work permission switch that disables forced stopping of the work implement at a start of backward traveling of the work vehicle by an ON operation performed by a user.

Abstract: A robot automatic charging method includes the steps of: controlling the robot to start working within a working region; when the robot needs to be charged, controlling the robot to move towards a charging station and detecting a strength of a target signal in the working region during the movement of the robot; controlling the robot to adjust its moving direction based on detected changes in the strength of the target signal to control the robot to move towards a guiding device near the charging station; and controlling the robot to move towards the charging station according to the guiding device. A robot automatic charging system, a robot, and a computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method and system for fostering controlled growth of a turfgrass in a target area, includes: providing an autobot capable of automatically applying a UVC light treatment to the target grass area, wherein the target grass area comprises C4 turfgrass. The method and system includes coupling a UVC light subsystem to the autobot such that the UVC light subsystem is suspended above the C4 turfgrass within the target grass within a first predetermined range. Next, UVC light is generated by the UVC light subsystem with a wavelength within a second predetermined range. Subsequently, the UVC light is emitted from the UVC light subsystem to the C4 turfgrass at an intensity within a third predetermined range. And the UVC light is moved across the C4 turfgrass within the target grass area using the autobot at night at a speed within a fourth predetermined range.

Abstract: Systems and methods which provide for tool-free detachable implement change without aid of separate tools are described. A tool-free implement change mechanism may comprise a plurality of apparatuses operable in cooperation to facilitate installation and/or removal of detachable implements with respect to a host garden machine without aid of separate tools. For example, a tool-free implement change mechanism may comprise a motor shaft locking apparatus and an implement securing apparatus. In operation according to embodiments, a motor shaft locking apparatus of embodiments may be engaged to prevent movement of motor shaft when tightening or loosening an implement securing apparatus used for affixing the detachable implement to the shaft assembly.

Abstract: A combine harvester includes a straw discharge rotor discharging into a straw stream and a sieve discharging into a chaff stream and a weed seed destructor section receiving the chaff and weed seeds for devitalizing at least some weed seeds. The straw is maintained out of the chaff stream by a guide construction having a front curved section underneath the rotor and a rear section which comprises a row of cantilevered flexible fingers which flex to assist in flow of the straw thereover and release of the straw from the rear end thereof. The rear ends of the fingers are thus unconnected and allow the straw to be freely released onto a dividing wall extending to the entrance to a straw chopper. The row of fingers can be carried on a support bar which is reciprocated around a transverse axis by a connection to a reciprocating element of the combine.

Abstract: A method, using an autonomous, unmanned device, a control device and a crop processor includes automatically harvesting a first amount of feed crop in a part of a crop field by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically loading the first amount of harvested feed crop directly into a storage space provided on the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically transporting the first amount of harvested feed crop from the crop field to a crop processing location provided with the crop processor by means of the autonomous, unmanned device; automatically unloading the first amount of harvested feed crop from the storage space of the autonomous, unmanned device at the crop processing location; and processing the first amount of harvested feed crop at the crop processing location by means of the crop processor.

Abstract: This combine is provided with: a body part including a mowing part for mowing grain culms; a travel part for supporting the body part and traveling; a detection part for detecting an abnormality in the body part; and a control part which executes automatic mowing work for causing the mowing part to mow grain culms while causing the travel part to autonomously travel and carries out control such that, when the detection part detects an abnormality during the automatic mowing work, the automatic mowing work is interrupted and subsequently the travel part is made to travel backward by a first predetermined distance.

Abstract: A combine generates an unworked land of an agricultural field through round reaping by which a reaping work is carried out while the vehicle body repeats straight travel and turning. The combine is provided with: a positioning unit that obtains a measurement point indicating a position of a vehicle body; a straight line generating unit that generates a work straight line on the basis of measurement points obtained between a work starting position and a work finishing position of one reaping work; and an unworked land generating unit that calculates, every time the work straight line is generated, an intersection point between the work straight lines intersecting each other, and that, when at least three work straight lines intersect to constitute a closed area, generates an unworked land in a polygonal shape with at least three intersection points being vertices thereof.

Abstract: A combine is provided with a control device configured to function as a route generation unit, a position setting unit, a mid-work route generation unit, or a self-driving control unit. The route generation unit generates a travel route by combining a plurality of routes for an unreaped region in a field. To perform mid-work corresponding to the work amount of reaping traveling at a preset mid-work position, the position setting unit sets an interruption position at which automatic reaping traveling is interrupted to the end point of a predetermined interruption route based on the work amount. To perform the mid-work, the mid-work route generation unit generates a mid-work route extending from the interruption position to the mid-work position. The self-driving control unit controls traveling and reaping based on the travel or mid-work route.

Abstract: One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

Abstract: A forage harvester cracker unit comprising a first cracker roller, a second cracker roller, a base frame comprising left and right hand side elements, the first cracker roller being mounted on the base frame to be rotatable about a fixed central axis extending between the left and right hand side elements of the base frame and a secondary frame comprising left and right hand side elements, the second cracker roller being mounted on the secondary frame to be rotatable about a central axis extending between the left and right hand side elements of the secondary frame is disclosed.

Abstract: A forage harvester comprising a frame and a drive assembly is disclosed. The drive assembly comprises a drive pulley, a tension pulley, a plurality of additional pulleys and a drive belt for drivingly connecting the pulleys, a tensioning cylinder located between a first portion of the frame and a support element for the tension pulley. The frame is provided with a mounting at a second portion of the frame and the support element for the tension pulley is located between the mounting at a first end of the support element and the tensioning cylinder at a second end of the support element.

Abstract: A sugarcane harvester for harvesting sugarcane including a cutting blade to cut sugarcane. The cutting blade is adjustably supported by the sugarcane harvester to cut the sugarcane at a desired height. A radar assembly is coupled to the sugarcane harvester and transmits electromagnetic waves toward a ground surface, wherein reflected electromagnetic waves identify a ground level of the ground surface which is used to adjust a height of the cutting blade with respect to the ground surface. A controller is operatively connected to the radar assembly and to the cutting blade. The controller is adapted to receive the ground level identified by the radar assembly and adjusts a position of the cutting blade with respect to the ground surface based on the identified ground level.

Abstract: A forage harvester cracker unit assembly for retention of first and second cracker rollers is disclosed, each of the first and second cracker rollers having first and second ends and sealing units fitted at each of the first and second ends. The forage harvester cracker unit assembly comprises an upper housing having left and right hand sides, and a lower housing having left and right hand sides. The forage harvester cracker unit assembly further comprises first and second sets of replaceable cracker roller sealing unit location plates, each set comprising an upper cracker roller sealing unit location plate and a lower cracker roller sealing unit location plate for location at a respective left or right hand side of a respective upper or lower housing.

Abstract: A system and method for automatic wrapping bales in a bale wrapper, including placing a bale on a loading table and performing a wrapping cycle. The wrapping cycle including rotating a wrapping hoop to apply a wrapping material to a bale surface, moving a bale pushing device from a first position toward a second position to push the bale through the wrapping hoop, dispensing from a first material applicator and a second material applicator, determining presence of the wrapping material, by a sensor on the wrapping hoop, adjusting based on the determining, a ratio of moving speed to rotational speed of the wrapping hoop, to apply a predetermined amount of wrapping material independent of the presence of wrapping material dispensing, continuing to move the bale pushing device until the second position is reached, stopping the rotation of the wrapping hoop, and moving the bale pushing device to the first position.

Abstract: Baling apparatus and method including a baling chamber having one or more splitting knives for dividing crop material picked up from a field to discharge divided bales simultaneously from the baling chamber to be received by an ejection chute structure which ejects the divided bales in spaced relation to each other as the baling apparatus is moved along the field. The spaced relation can be longitudinal by ejecting the divided bales at staggered time and/or can be laterally spaced by turning the bales in the ejection chute structure.

Abstract: A hang harvesting system includes a plurality of stackable pods each including a platform, and a plurality of support shafts extending vertically from the platform. Each of the support shafts defines a plurality of notches configured for suspending a horizontal bar from the support shafts. Top ends of the support shafts of one pod are configured to support a platform of another pod thereon.

Abstract: A working tool with an articulation mechanism between a tool head and a tool shaft is provided. The working tool includes a tool head and an elongate shaft. The tool head is configured to articulate relative to the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft includes an articulating head connection having a pin. The tool head includes an articulating head attachment configured to couple with the articulating head connection and has at least two receiving openings for receiving the pin. The working tool further includes a shaft for rotation extending through the articulating head connection and the articulating head attachment. The shaft forms an axis of rotation for the tool head.

Abstract: A system for plant parameter detection, including: a plant morphology sensor having a first field of view and configured to record a morphology measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, a plant physiology sensor having a second field of view and configured to record a plant physiology parameter measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, wherein the second field of view overlaps with the first field of view; a support statically coupling the plant morphology sensor to the physiology sensor, and a computing system configured to: identify a plant set of pixels within the physiology measurement based on the morphology measurement; determine physiology values for each pixel of the plant set of pixels; and extract a growth parameter based on the physiology values.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for controlling a ratio of carbon dioxide to oxygen in a grow space by removing O2 from the grow space, and, in some cases, adding supplemental CO2 to the grow space to achieve a desired ratio of CO2 to O2. Various approaches include filtering out oxygen or reacting O2 with a reactant to produce O2-reduced air; and removing air from the grow space, removing nitrogen from the removed air, and (a) separating out CO2 and returning the nitrogen and the CO2 to the grow space, or (b) adding supplemental CO2 and the nitrogen to the grow space. Another approach removes air from the grow space, separates out gasses including N2 and CO2, and returns the N2 or the CO2 to the grow space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for directing plant growth and development. The method comprises applying a radio wave signal with a frequency in the range of 1 MHz to 15 MHz to a plant from a device with an integrated antenna. By applying radio waves, root development, colour formation, seed germination, flowering and leaf production may be specifically stimulated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling illumination in a greenhouse, comprising obtaining a geometric model of a greenhouse comprising a grow space segmented to a plurality of grow sections each associated with a respective one of a plurality of dimmable lamps having an illumination area overlapping the respective grow section, computing a shade model for the greenhouse based on the geometric model, the shade model defines, for each of the plurality of grow sections, a respective shading pattern indicative of a level of direct sun light in the respective grow section, enhancing the shade model using one or more machine learning models trained to predict the level of direct sun light in each grow section, and operating one or more of the plurality of dimmable lamps based on the enhanced shade model to illuminate its associated grow section according to one or more illumination rules.

Abstract: A raised border system includes a plurality of beams and a plurality of corner brackets that are configured to connect ends of the plurality of the beams to one another to form an enclosed inner area. Each corner bracket includes a first beam receiving slot that is open along a first side of the corner bracket and a second beam receiving slot that is open along a second side of the corner bracket and a first opening that is isolated from both the first beam receiving slot and the second beam receiving slot. The system includes a plurality of corner connectors that are coupled to and sit above the plurality of corner brackets. Each corner connector has an insert that is received within the first opening of one respective corner bracket. Each corner connector is configured to attach to an upper frame system.

Abstract: A Y-shaped air dam with a central frame configured to facilitate the focusing of air from a lawn and leaf blower for the collection of leaves and similar lawn debris into collection containers, exhibiting two panels connected to a central frame. The central frame is equipped with retaining clips configured to facilitate attachment of a collection container such as a paper bag to the central frame securely without tools. The two panels pivot about hinges and may be removed from the central frame for storage or folded up when not in use. Stakes may be used to anchor the panels to the ground during use. A companion device may be included which is configured to perforate collection containers such as bags to provide for the passage of air through the containers during use.

Abstract: A stump grinder has a grinding arm that durably mounts a rotatable grinding wheel by securing the drive shaft of a motor to the grinding wheel such that a pair of bearings within the motor support one side of the grinding wheel and by supporting the other side of the grinding wheel with a stub shaft received within a third bearing. The grinding arm is laterally offset on the frame of the stump grinder to have a swing angle that is not symmetrical relative to the width of the frame, but with the swing angle starting at one side of the frame and then traversing across substantially the entire width of the frame to improve the ability of the operator to see the grinding wheel. A single joystick is movable in orthogonal directions corresponding to desired up and down and side-to-side pivoting motions of the grinding arm. The joystick includes a depressible trigger for starting and stopping the operation of the grinding wheel.

Abstract: Crops, for example microgreens, may be aeroponically grown from seed on substrates. The substrates may be seeded with the substrates in a horizontal position, and then arranged vertically for germination and further growth. A gelling material in solution, with the gelling material for example a gellum, may be applied to the substrates, while in the horizontal position, so that the seeds are retained on the substrates when the substrates are moved to a vertical position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a culture facility for aquatic plants, and to a culture facility itself, in which aquatic plants, especially duckweeds, are employed, according to the preamble to claims 1 and 31, and also to a computer program product according to claims 32 and 33. The culture is populated by seeding with aquatic plants initially along a growth sigmoid to a coverage state of more than 50% above the species- and light-dependent coverage limit ascertained beforehand. Thereafter, an amount of 5/?70% of the respective coverage is harvested at cyclically recurring intervals of time, referred to as harvest cycle times. Modelling of the growth process is used to predeterminedly optimize the culture parameters of temperature, carbon dioxide and light and these are then fed into the controller of a harvesting unit or harvesting process as control variables for optimally triggering a harvest time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel Brassica juncea varieties designated PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC, which have a reduced pungent flavor and/or odor traits. The invention provides seeds of the varieties PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC, plants and parts thereof of the varieties, a tissue culture derived from the varieties, hybrids produced from varieties, and lines derived from varieties, as well as genetically modified forms of the foregoing plants and tissue culture. Also provided are methods of producing PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC plants, hybrid plants, and lines derived from varieties PWRG-1, PWRG-2, and PWSGC. In addition, products produced from the plants of the present invention are provided.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using LS1763306, LS1763244, LS1763241, LS1663505, LS1663030, ES1668064, ES1668001, ES1667964, ES1667827, ES1667778, ES1667716, ES1667642, ES1667539, ES1667513, AND/OR CL1561664 in a breeding program.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVHE8261 and pepper line HAP-FD16-1384 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia having, in the mitochondrial genome thereof, a DNA molecule originated from the mitochondrial genome of a tobacco plant, or a hybrid plant with the cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia, or a progeny of the cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia or the hybrid plant. The cytoplasmic male sterile plant of the genus Petunia is a stable line in which the growth ability of young seedlings is improved and which is not susceptible to fertility restoration, and further, achieves diversification of available CMS cytoplasms.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato hybrid SVTH2909 and tomato line FIR-A818-0160. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2909 and tomato line FIR-A818-0160 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTH2909 and tomato line FIR-A818-0160 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A novel hybrid tomato plant, designated RED CORAL is disclosed. The disclosure relates to the seeds of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid tomato designated RED CORAL, and to methods for producing a tomato plant by crossing the hybrid tomato RED CORAL with itself or another tomato plant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-CH0359 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-CH0359 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-CH0359 RZ.

Abstract: An environmental control system for controlling environmental conditions within an open interior of an agricultural building includes a main controller, and a plurality of zone systems. Each zone system is configured to control environmental conditions within one of a plurality of zones within the open interior, and includes at least one environmental control device, a temperature sensor configured to output a temperature signal indicating a temperature within the zone, and a smart hub configured to control the at least one environmental control device of the corresponding zone based on low and high setpoint temperatures for the zone issued by the main controller and the temperature signal issued by the temperature sensor of the zone. The main controller is configured to prevent activation of an environmental control device in one of the zones by the smart hub based on an operating condition of an environmental control device in another zone.

Abstract: A cat litter box system includes a shield section. The shield section includes shield section sidewalls. A front entryway is disposed in the shield section sidewalls. The front entry way includes a frame having grooves disposed within the frame of the front entry way. A plurality of sliding panels are removable from the front entry way. The sliding panels are configured to stack and abut on top of one another within the grooves of the frame of the front entryway. The sliding panels form an overspray barrier within the front entryway. The overspray barrier has at least three adjustable heights based on the number of sliding panels stacked and abutted within the front entryway.

Abstract: A pet toy that can automatically supply food, comprising a base and a rotating dish, the rotating dish is provided with a food inlet, a food storage bin is arranged between the base and the rotating dish, wherein pet foods are added into the food storage bin through the food inlet, the inner edge of the food storage bin is provided with a dispensing channel, below the dispensing channel is the food falling outlet, and the lower surface of the rotating dish is provided with a pushing block for pushing pet food to move. By rotating the rotating dish, the food in the food storage bin is pushed to the edge of the food storage bin by the pushing block, and falls to the outside through the dispensing channel through the falling outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sampling cartridge comprising a sampling cartridge body. The sampling cartridge body includes a storage container holding region, at where a storage container is or is able to be located. It also includes a sample collector holding region at where a sample collector is or is able to be located. In use, the body holds the sample collector and storage container in alignment with each other in a pre-sampling condition spaced apart with a sufficient gap to allow part of an item to be sampled to locate at the gap.

Abstract: An apparatus for banding hair comprises a magazine configured to hold elastic bands and to urge at least one of the elastic bands along a first axis. The magazine defines an ejection port configured to pass the at least one of the elastic bands therethrough. The apparatus further comprises an ejection assembly arranged and configured to urge the at least one of the elastic bands through the ejection port. The apparatus further comprises a guide arranged and configured to hold the hair in a banding orientation such that the hair extends from the guide both adjacently to the ejection port and off-center from the first axis.

Abstract: A convenient pet brush for hair removal includes a handle, a housing, and a brush assembly. The housing is arranged at a lower end of the handle. The brush assembly is arranged inside the housing. A bayonet shrinking inward is provided on a first side of the housing. A front fixing ring is arranged on an inner side of the bayonet. A rear fixing ring is arranged on a second side of the housing. The brush assembly is mounted inside the housing through the front fixing ring and the rear fixing ring. The brush assembly includes a comb head, a push plate, and a spring. The comb head is fixedly mounted in the front fixing ring. The push plate is slidably mounted between the front fixing ring and the comb head. A hair pushing ring is provided at a first end of the push plate.

Abstract: The invention is a clear plastic ball with treat maze sections sonic welded together on an x axis with holes for tennis balls filled with treats to travel though when a pet manipulates the ball. Tennis balls and treats can move through apertures in the connected treat mazes so the pet can solve the puzzle and obtain treats. A giggler is located on an internal center shaft which is not moveable but will “giggle” when the toy is manipulated.

Abstract: A pet toy has a first exercise path disposed proximate to a perimeter of the toy which directs a target near the perimeter to potentially be chased by a pet. The pet toy may have a plurality of exercise paths, potentially parallel to one another providing a plurality of target options for a pet to chase. The targets are driven by one or more motors, which may be provided with electricity from a battery/solar cell combination. Tunnels may pass through a base under the first exercise path which can meet at a central vertical passage to then extend outwardly horizontally through horizontal passages to a top of the pet toy.