Overview of Toys for Pets Patented in Russia

In today’s world, pets hold a special place in our lives, enriching them with joy, activity, and a sense of fulfillment. Our pets not only bring happiness but also have a positive impact on our mental and physical well-being. Many pet owners treat their cats and dogs like family, often like children, and by observing their pets’ behavior, they come up with creative toys that help develop their skills, provide entertainment, or even help calm them down.

In pet stores, we see a wide array of products, many of which originate from China. However, upon conducting research, we found some noteworthy items designed by Russian citizens as well.

The Russian patent database contains many examples of patented developments made by ordinary people who, out of love for their friend, started small, and created new interesting products for personal use, and many of them brought their product into industrial production, expanding the arsenal of pet products , and now make money from it.

Thus, any person with a good imagination and creative streak can easily become an inventor and patent the “life hacks” they have come up with for their pet. And we, as specialists in the field of intellectual property protection, are ready to provide them with professional assistance in registering technical solutions with the patent office.

Below we provide an overview of the most interesting examples of inventions and utility models patented in the Russian Federation in the field of products related to pet care.

Toy for pets, mainly cats

From the patent for utility model RU 210710 U1 "Toy for pets, mainly cats" (published 04/28/2022, authors: Ageev Denis Gennadievich, Korolev Daniil Sergeevich, Korolev Sergey Vasilievich; patent holder: Velikiy Kot LLC), a product is known that is made in the form of a monolithic volumetric body of a figured shape, for example, in the form of a ball, a mouse, a fish, etc., from a mixture of food ingredients such as carnauba wax, microcellulose and polyethyleneglycol and ingredients from dried natural herbs such as ground mint (catnip), lemon balm and lemongrass, all ingredients are used in crushed form, combined together into a single mixture and pressed under a pressure of 200 kg/cm2 with subsequent transformation into a given shape.

The first figure shows a general view of the product with a section, where the toy is a three-dimensional body, made, for example, in the form of a monolithic ball 1, consisting of a mixture of food ingredients and ingredients from dry natural herbs 2.

In the second figure, the product is presented in the form of a monolithic egg 3, consisting of a mixture of food ingredients and ingredients from dry natural herbs 4. The toy in the form of a monolithic egg 3 can be made with an additional accessory 5, connected to the monolithic egg 3 by a flexible connection 6.

Accessory 5 can be in the form of a feather, or a bell, or a ball. Flexible connection 6 is a soft ribbon, a cord, a soft spring.

Such a mint ball or mouse with the addition of medicinal herbs will greatly please active animals, because they can roll it on the floor and play with it, and of course gnaw on it, while in the form of a game the medicinal herbs added to it naturally enter the animal's body.

Toy for animals

From the invention patent RU 2767367 C1 "Toy for animals" (published on 17.03.2022, author and patent holder: Romanov Andrey Grigorievich), it is known that a product contains a block made in the form of a honeycomb paper filler in a compressed state, all sheets of paper of which have the same shape, limited by a closed line consisting of a segment and a line connecting the initial and final points of the segment, and the honeycomb paper filler is fastened on two opposite sides with plates and is made with the possibility, after stretching the honeycomb paper filler in the direction from one plate to another and rotating relative to the edges of the sheets in the form of a segment, to take the shape of a body of revolution with the possibility of fixing the plates to each other. When making the line connecting the initial and final points of the segment in the form of an arc, the toy takes a spherical shape after stretching. When a line connecting the initial and final points of a segment is made in the form of a second segment located perpendicular to the segment, connected to a third segment, the toy after stretching takes the form of a truncated cone. When a line connecting the initial and final points of a segment is made in the form of a fourth segment located perpendicular to the segment, connected to a fifth segment located parallel to the segment, connected to a sixth segment located parallel to the fourth segment, the toy after stretching takes the form of a cylinder or a ball.

Before the pet, for example, a dog or a cat, plays, bring the assembled pet toy in the form of a honeycomb paper filler in a compressed state. Stretch the honeycomb paper filler 1 by the plates 6 in the direction from one plate 6 to another plate 6 and with a turn relative to the edges of the sheets in the form of a segment and the animal toy takes the desired shape. After this, fix the plates 6 to each other.

The dog or cat begins to chase the toy with its paws or grab it with its teeth and play.

Device for training animals or playing with animals

There are toys not only for playing and having fun, but also for training pets.

For example, patent for utility model RU 168380 U1 "Device for training animals or playing with animals" (published 31.01.2017, authors and patent holders: Kunilov Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Bazhenov Aleksandr Vladimirovich, Yanov German Gennadievich), protects a product that can be used for play, health or rehabilitation exercises with a pet, primarily a dog, as well as for therapeutic gymnastics for animals, containing a body in the form of a ring made of ethylene vinyl acetate, characterized in that in cross-section the ring is made in the form of a regular polygon, wherein the parts of the regular polygon located on different sides of the plane dividing the ring in the longitudinal direction into symmetrical parts are symmetrical to each other.

To perform running exercises, alternately throw the body 1 of the device to the pet. To perform jumps, hold the body 1 of the device in the hands for alternately grasping the parts of the device by the animal. For strength exercises, hold the body while simultaneously stretching it in different directions. The claimed device allows improving the performance of game, health and recovery exercises with an animal, primarily a dog, as well as performing therapeutic gymnastics by strengthening the jaw and neck muscles by increasing the intensity of training or games, increasing the safety of using the device for humans and animals, as well as simplifying the manufacture of the device and using it with less weight.

Scratching post with a toy

From the patent for utility model RU 200747 U1 "Scratching post with a toy" (published 11.11.2020, author and patent holder: Elena Ivanovna Simonova), a scratching post for a cat with a toy is known, made in the form of a base with a working surface and a coating on non-working surfaces, equipped with a toy connected to the base. The base is equipped with a recess tapering towards the working surface of the base for placing the toy, while the recess in its expanded part extends onto the non-working surface of the base to ensure the possibility of placing a toy in the recess during the manufacturing process, while the size of the toy is larger than the size of the narrowed part of the recess on the working surface of the scratching post, and the outlet of the recess onto the non-working surface of the base is covered with a coating.

The ball 3 shown in the figure above is placed in the recess 2 through the initially open side faces of the recess. After placing the ball or other toy 3 inside the recess 2, the side walls together with the recess openings that open onto the non-working surfaces of the scratching post are covered with a special coating 4, for example, on a paper base or a film made of a polymer material. Since the width of the opening on the working surface of the base is less than the diameter of the cylinder and the diameter of the ball, the ball 3 cannot be removed from the recess 2. It can rotate and move along the recess 2.

The scratching post provides high efficiency when used.

Play mat for pets

Today it is fashionable to have not only classic cats and dogs, but also more exotic pets, so inventors thought about them.

Utility model RU 177496 U1 "Play mat for pets" (published 02/28/2018, author: Albina Vladimirovna Malysheva, patent holder: Peligrin LLC Maten), reveals a play mat for ferrets, which is made of two fabric panels of soft fabric material, which are sewn together along the perimeter to form passages into the cavity between the panels, the entrance of each of which is covered by a rigid ring, providing an open opening for the pet to crawl into the passage tunnel, and on the front side of the mat there are two patch open pockets that form a shelter. At the same time, one patch pocket is made insulated, and the other patch pocket is made with a lining of a material that makes a rustling sound. On the fabric on the front side of the mat there are holes and toys are attached that make a rustling sound when touched.

In the figure shown, the mat is irregularly shaped and has extensions 3 in the form of sleeves to form tunnel passages into the cavity between the webs 1 and 2. As an example, there may not be such sleeves, there are simply unstitched sections in the stitching of the webs to form passages into the cavity between the webs 1 and 2. In a free state, in the passage zones, the upper web lies on the lower one, and the animal cannot get inside the mat without outside help. To solve the problem of free entry into the space between the webs, the entrances are reinforced with rigid rings 4 enclosing the webs, providing an open opening 5 for the pet to crawl into the passage tunnel. When getting inside, the animal pushes the webs apart with its body and moves in the direction of searching for an exit. The search issue is not just a movement, but a function of adrenaline production. For this, it is very important that natural abilities are manifested. Therefore, when searching, the accidental discovery of vertical passages, which are represented by through holes 6 in the canvas on the front side, leads to the animal coming out. The presence of several such holes 6 imitates the structure of the passages in the natural burrow of the animal. Walking inside the mat with crawling out either through the opening 5 of another entrance, or through the through holes 6 almost completely imitates the behavior of the animal in nature. At the same time, at the moment of crawling in the mat, the animal touches rustling structures, which also imitates the passage of the animal through dry foliage in the burrow.

On the front side of the mat there are two patch open pockets 7 and 8, forming the upper open shelter for the pet. One patch pocket 7 is made insulated, and the other patch pocket 8 is made with a bedding made of a material that makes a rustling sound.

Also on the front side of the rug there are toys 9, which make a rustling sound when touched. Such toys can be sewn to the fabric 1 or detachably fixed to the fabric on the front side of the rug using the attachment of toys in the form of Velcro tape or buttons, or toys are made with ribbons 10, which are attached to the fabric on the front side of the rug. Toys are an important component in the life of the animal, allowing to change the state of the period of adrenaline production to a state of calm. Such a change is an important component of the animal's life, and this change should be present in the home life of the animal.

Playing with toys, a pet not only maintains physical fitness, but also gets rid of boredom, trains the brain, and copes with stress and anxiety in the absence of the owner, so such products should definitely be purchased for your pet, and even better, come up with and make yourself. And if your toy is original, has distinctive features from those known in the world today, and at the same time has advantageous properties or carries an additional function, then you have every chance to patent it and make money on it in the future. Go for it! And we will definitely help you!