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Method for making a novelty item and the novelty item therefrom

  • US 5,374,805 A
  • Filed: 02/15/1994
  • Issued: 12/20/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of manufacturing a novelty item comprising a solid block of material having an slug having a first and second end region, said slug surrounded by said block and adapted to be retained by said block, said method comprising the steps of:

  • cutting opposite edges of said first end region at a first angle to the top surface of said block,cutting opposite edges of said second end region at a second angle to the top surface of the block,cutting the remainder of the slug at substantially right angles to the top surface fleeing the slug from the block, whereby the thickness of the cut is less than the ratio of the thickness of the block to the tangent of the greater of the first and second angle.

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