RBM-1"TOY FOR ENTERTAINING A CAT"ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREAn article of manufacture having utility as a toy for entertaining domesticcats. The toy Includes an elongated housing having a top, a bottom and twospaced structures (such as walls) for connecting the top and bottom. The housingmay be linear or it may be in the form of an annulus or a triangle or a figure 8 orsome other "closed loop" figure. At least one of the connecting structures hasan elongated openings or slot through which a cat can insert a paw. The bottom ofthe housing has a configuration to support a ball in rolling contact. A ball iscaptured within the housing and is sized for rolling along the bottom of the hous-ing. Also, the size of the ball is such that it will not pass through the elongatedopening in the connecting structure, so that the cat may reach through the elon-gated opening in the connecting structure in order to swat the ball and cause itto roll within the housing, but the cat is prevented from extracting the ball fromsaid housing. The preferred shape and size for the housing is an annulus havingan ID of about 12 inches,so that the cat may curl up and sleep within the housingafter it has tired of trying to capture the ball. A piece of carpet attached to acentral panel is likely to foster the cat's use of the toy as a bed.
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