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A self-mobile cat toy capable of simulating intermittent life includes a rodent-like shell partially or wholly containing an electrical power source mechanically and electrically connected to motor-powered wheels or a tread mechanism for moving along the ground. The power circuit includes an orienta

A self-mobile cat toy capable of simulating intermittent life includes a rodent-like shell partially or wholly containing an electrical power source mechanically and electrically connected to motor-powered wheels or a tread mechanism for moving along the ground. The power circuit includes an orientation-dependent switch which is closed or open depending on its orientation, so that when played with by a cat, the toy will cease to move in certain orientations and begin to move when pawed into other orientations. In another embodiment the powered wheels or tread are replaced by a vibrating mechanism. In yet other embodiments the cat toy is externally controlled by the pet owner, through either a long cable with a switch at the end or through a radio or ultrasonic transmitter-receiver system.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A cat toy simulating intermittent life, comprising:a shell simulating the exterior of a small nonhuman animal defining an interior volume; andmeans for intermittenly moving substantially inside said volume and attached to said shell for intermittently moving said toy along the grou

[ We claim:] [1.] A cat toy simulating intermittent life, comprising:a shell simulating the exterior of a small nonhuman animal defining an interior volume; andmeans for intermittenly moving substantially inside said volume and attached to said shell for intermittently moving said toy along the ground, said means for intermittenly moving operable by direct mechanical actions of a cat playing with said cat toy, said actions involving actual physical contact of said cat with said toy to alter a spatial orientation of said toy.