Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product
Patent
1993-05-24
1994-06-21
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Three dimension imitation or 'treated' natural product
D 9314, D19 96, D19 97, 40358, 446390, B43M 900
Patent
active
053227182
ABSTRACT:
A pliable paperweight and article holder having an outer skin of soft flexible material defining an enclosed hollow inner cavity having a central portion and a plurality of hollow generally tubular projections integral therewith extending outwardly from the central portion is completely filled with a mass of shiftable heavy granular material. The shiftable heavy granular material and outer skin of soft flexible material act in cooperation to provide a pliable structure capable of being manipulated to hold and grip various articles. When placed either horizontally of vertically on a surface, the central portion will spread somewhat to conform generally to the surface upon which it is placed, and each of the tubular projections can be manually manipulated or bent to assume various positions as desired for holding various objects or for gripping various objects, and the tubular projections will remain in the desired holding or gripping position. The tubular projections can also be positioned to extend radially outward from the central portion with their outer ends selectively spaced either closely adjacent or spaced apart in selective positions relative to one another. In a preferred embodiment, the pliable paperweight and article holder is in the shape of a human hand, since the utilitarian features of the structure allow it to carry out some of the gripping and holding functions of an actual hand.
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Epstein Henry F.
Roddy Kenneth A.
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