Tacky novelty item

Title: Tacky novelty item

Related Patent Categories: Amusement Devices: Toys, Including Flaccid Element Or Portion

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060111015, Tacky novelty item.

1. A novelty device comprising: a plurality of individual elongated pieces arranged in a randomly tangled mass, wherein each of said elongated pieces is extruded from a tacky elastomeric material and has a tacky exterior that enables said tangled mass to adhesively cling to a smooth surface when thrown against said smooth surface.

2. The novelty device according to claim 1, wherein said elongated pieces are configured to appear as pasta, so that said tangled mass appears as a serving of pasta.

3. The novelty device according to claim 1, further including secondary objects mixed into said tangled mass.

4. The novelty device according to claim 3, wherein said secondary objects are made from said tacky material and adhere to said elongated pieces in said tangled mass.

5. The novelty device according to claim 1, wherein said tacky material is a triblock copolymer mixed with a plasticizing oil.

6. The novelty device according to claim 1, wherein said secondary objects are spherically shaped.

7. The novelty device according to claim 1, wherein said secondary objects have the appearance of eyeballs.

8. A method of forming a tacky toy that adheres to smooth surfaces when thrown, said method comprising the steps of: producing a plurality of elongated pieces made from a tacky elastomeric material; and tangling said plurality of elongated pieces together into a single tangled mass.

9. The method according to claim 8, further including the step of adding a plurality of secondary objects into said tangled mass.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein said secondary objects are made from tacky elastomeric material and adhere to said elongated pieces within said tangled mass.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of producing a plurality of elongated pieces includes extruding said elongated pieces and cutting said elongated pieces to predetermined lengths.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein said step of producing a plurality of elongated pieces includes providing elongated pieces that have the shape and color of pasta.

13. A wall crawling toy device that adheres to a smooth surface and slowly moves down along that smooth surface after being thrown against the smooth surface, said device including: a plurality of elongated tacky pieces interconnected into a common mass by tacky adhesion between abutting surfaces; and a plurality of tacky secondary objects held within said common mass by tacky adhesion.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein said elongated tacky pieces are configured to appear as pasta, so that said common mass appears as a serving of pasta.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein said elongated tacky pieces are made from a triblock copolymer mixed with a plasticizing oil.

16. The device according to claim 13, wherein said secondary objects are spherically shaped.

17. The device according to claim 13, wherein said secondary objects have the appearance of eyeballs.

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