Animal consumable dental hygienic device

Abstract

Animal consumable dental hygienic device, comprising: body with an exterior surface and an interior cavity, and sized to be bitten by animal Exterior surface defines projections. Recesses extend inward from the exterior surface. Each recess has dental-hygienically active dimensions allowing a tooth to penetrate therein such that material surrounding the recess frictionally engages an outer surface of the tooth and scrapes the tooth to remove dental plaque. Projections are positioned, dimensioned, shaped and structured to be dental-hygienically active when the animal bites the body, allowing the tooth of the animal to be adjacent to at least one projection when the animal bites the body, such that a projection frictionally engages at least one of the outer surface of the tooth and gums of the animal during biting of the body by the animal.

1 . An animal consumable dental hygienic device, comprising:
 a consumable body having an exterior surface and an interior cavity, the body being sized to fit within a mouth of an animal and to be bitten by the animal;   the exterior surface defining a plurality of projections extending outwardly;   the body defining a plurality of recesses extending inward from the exterior surface to at least outward of the interior cavity;   each recess having dental-hygienically active dimensions allowing a tooth of the animal to penetrate into a one recess of the plurality of recesses when the animal bites the body,
 such that material surrounding the one recess frictionally engages an outer surface of the tooth during penetration of the tooth into the one recess, the material surrounding the at least one recess being of sufficient hardness to scrape the outer surface of the tooth during frictional engagement to remove dental plaque; and 
   the plurality of projections being positioned, dimensioned, shaped and structured to be dental-hygienically active when the animal bites the body, allowing the tooth of the animal to be adjacent to at least one projection of the plurality of projections when the animal bites the body,
 such that the at least one projection frictionally engages at least one of the outer surface of the tooth and gums of the animal during biting of the body by the animal. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the interior cavity contains a filler material different than material of which the body is constructed. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein, the body is constructed of material having sufficient flexibility to deform under pressure exerted by the animal biting the body, and the dimensions of the one recess change during deformation from initial dimensions to the dental-hygienically active dimensions. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein, the body is constructed of material having sufficient flexibility to deform under pressure exerted by the animal biting the body, and the positions of the at least one projection changes during deformation from initial position to the dental-hygienically active position. 
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 2 , wherein, the material of which the body is constructed is material having sufficient brittleness for the body to cleave under pressure exerted by the animal biting the body, and the filler material is material having sufficient flexibility to deform under pressure exerted by the animal biting the body when the body cleaves, and the position of the at least one projection changes during deformation from the initial position to the dental-hygienically active position. 
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one projection extends outwardly along a first primary projection direction axis, and an adjacent projection of the plurality of projections extends outward along a second primary projection direction axis, the second primary projection direction axis being angled with respect to the first primary projection direction axis. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6 , wherein the at least one projection has at least one secondary projection extending therefrom along a secondary projection direction axis. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 7 , wherein the secondary projection direction axis is angled with respect to the first projection direction axis. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein at least some projections of the plurality of projections and at least some recesses of the plurality of the recesses define a path, the body being cleavable into consumable portions along the path. 
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the exterior surface and the interior cavity has at least one portion defining at least one normal axis, the one recess being aligned with the at least one normal axis. 
     
     
         11 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one recess extends inward from the exterior surface to outward of the interior cavity. 
     
     
         12 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one recess is an aperture extending inward from the exterior surface to the interior cavity. 
     
     
         13 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one recess is an aperture extending from the exterior surface to inside of the interior cavity. 
     
     
         14 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one recess is an aperture extending throughout the body. 
     
     
         15 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one recess extends longitudinally along a length of the body. 
     
     
         16 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the one recess extends circumferentially along a circumference of the body. 
     
     
         17 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of recesses defines a staggered pattern of recesses. 
     
     
         18 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the body and the interior cavity are structured and arranged for receiving and retaining a substance inside the interior cavity, the substance being different than the material of which the body is constructed and being different than the filler material. 
     
     
         19 . The device of  claim 18 , wherein the substance has a shape being one of cylindrical, obround, spherical and ellipsoidal. 
     
     
         20 . The device of  claim 18 , wherein the substance is consumable.