Stimulant infused cat scratcher products

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10111406-B2
Application number	US-201715416241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jan 26, 2017
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A cat scratcher is either in the form of a rigid support and cat scratcher surface or in the form of a body of corrugated cardboard. The corrugated cardboard body typically has a plurality of corrugated subparts, each corrugated subpart being a corrugated sheet having top and bottom surfaces and planar sheets of kraft paper adhered thereto through the use of an aqueous-based adhesive, the aqueous-based adhesive including a catnip or silver vine hydrosol. This same adhesive can be used to adhere a cat scratcher surface to its rigid support.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cat scratcher comprising a body of corrugated cardboard, said corrugated cardboard comprising a plurality of corrugated subparts, each corrugated subpart comprising a corrugated sheet having top and bottom surfaces and a planar sheet of kraft paper adhered to said top surface and a sheet of kraft paper adhered to said bottom surface, said top and bottom surfaces being adhered to said sheets of kraft paper through the use of an aqueous-based adhesive, said aqueous-based adhesive comprising a catnip or silver vine hydrosol.

2. The cat scratcher of claim 1 wherein said catnip or silver vine hydrosol comprises of product produced from the steam distillation of catnip or silver vine leaves, said steam distillation also producing solid catnip or silver vine biomass.

3. The cat scratcher of claim 1 wherein said corrugated sheet is characterized as having flutes created by said corrugations therein, said flutes being exposed when said cat scratcher is in use.

4. The cat scratcher of claim 3 wherein catnip or silver vine hydrosol has further been sprayed into said flutes.

5. The cat scratcher of claim 1 wherein said aqueous-based adhesive further comprises a member selected from the group consisting of catnip or silver vine leaves and catnip or silver vine biomass to increase the viscosity thereof.

6. The cat scratcher of claim 4 wherein said aqueous-based adhesive further comprises a member selected from the group consisting of catnip or silver vine leaves and catnip or silver vine biomass to increase the viscosity thereof.

7. The cat scratcher of claim 1 wherein said aqueous-based adhesive is selected from a member consisting of starch and dextrin-based adhesives.

8. A cat scratcher comprising a rigid support and a cat scratching material adhered thereto, said cat scratching material being adhered to said rigid support through the use of an aqueous-based adhesive, said aqueous-based adhesive comprising a catnip or silver vine hydrosol.

9. The cat scratcher of claim 8 wherein said cat scratching material comprises a member selected from the group consisting of cardboard, carpet, sisal, rope and natural fibers.

10. The cat scratcher of claim 8 wherein said catnip or silver vine hydrosol comprises a product produced from the steam distillation of catnip or silver vine leaves, said steam distillation also producing solid catnip or silver vine biomass.

11. The cat scratcher of claim 10 wherein said aqueous-based adhesive further comprises a member selected from the group consisting of catnip or silver vine leaves and catnip or silver vine biomass to increase the viscosity thereof.

12. The cat scratcher of claim 8 wherein said aqueous-based adhesive is selected from a member consisting of starch and dextrin-based adhesives.

13. An adhesive for use in the manufacture of a cat scratcher, said adhesive comprising an aqueous-based starch or dextrin composition admixed with catnip or silver vine hydrosol.

14. The adhesive of claim 13 wherein said catnip or silver vine hydrosol comprises a product produced from the steam distillation of catnip or silver vine leaves, said steam distillation also producing solid catnip or silver vine biomass.

15. The adhesive of claim 14 further comprising a member selected from the group consisting of catnip or silver vine leaves and catnip or silver vine biomass.

Assignees

• Worldwise Inc

Inventors

• Rogers Tracy
• Dominguez Jacob
• Murrer Andrew
• Camara Edgar

Classifications

• C09J103/02

  Starch; Degradation products thereof, e.g. dextrin · CPC title

• B32B7/12

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title

• B32B2250/26

  All layers being made of paper or paperboard · CPC title

• B32B29/005

  next to another layer of paper or cardboard layer · CPC title

• A01K15/024 Primary

  Scratching devices, e.g. for cats · CPC title