Elastic gel toy

• US 5,938,499 A
• Filed: 04/29/1997
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Applied Elastomerics Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Applied Elastomerics Incorporated
• Inventors: Chen, John Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carlson, Jeffrey D.
• Application Number:
  US08/845,809
• Time in Patent Office: 840 Days
• Field of Search: 446/253, 446/486, 446/490, 446/254, 473/576, 473/575
• US Class Current: 446/253
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/32 Whirling or spinning discs driven by twisted cords
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/02 Organic macromolecular compounds, natural resins, waxes or and bituminous materials
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 2666/24 Graft or block copolymers according to groups C08L51/00, C08L53/00 or C08L55/02; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 51/00 Compositions of graft polymers in which the grafted component is obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds for ABS polymers C08L55/02; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/00 Compositions of block copolymers containing at least one sequence of a polymer obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/02 of vinyl-aromatic monomers and conjugated dienes
• CPC Class Codes: C08L 53/025 modified

Abstract

A novel elastic gel toy for play including at least one elastic gel body having at least one elastic gel rod extending from opposite sides of the elastic gel body along a selected axis of rotation, said gel body the said gel rod capable of withstanding an elongation of at least 50% during play. The body suspended on the gel rod are also suitable for undulating up, down, around, sideways, and lateral back and forth play.

Claims

1. A gel toy for play comprising:

(a) one or more elastic solid gel bodies and

(b) one or more elastic gel rods having a selected rod length capable of storing and releasing torsion energy by twisting in one direction and reverse untwisting in the opposite direction about an axis along said rod length and threaded slidable through at least one suspension point about a selected axis of rotation of said gel bodies, said gel bodies capable of withstanding an elongation about said selected axis being perpendicular to said rod length of at least 50% during play.

2. A gel toy for play comprising:

(a) a elastic solid gel body and

(b) a elastic gel rod having a selected rod length capable of storing and releasing torsion energy by twisting in one direction and reverse untwisting in the opposite direction about an axis along said rod length and threaded slidable through at least one suspension point about a selected axis of rotation of said gel body, said gel body capable of withstanding an elongation about said selected axis being perpendicular to said rod length of at least 50% during play.

3. A gel toy for play comprising:

at least one elastic solid gel body having at least one elastic gel rod of a selected rod length capable of storing and releasing torsion energy by twisting in one direction and reverse untwisting in the opposite direction about an axis along said rod length and said gel rod extending from opposite sides of an selected axis of rotation of said gel body, said gel body and gel rod capable of withstanding an elongation about said selected axis being perpendicular to said rod length of at least 50% during play.