Jelly blocks and jelly letters
AssigneeEdiZONE, LC
InventorTerry V. Pearce
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Abstract
Jelly blocks and jelly letters are disclosed. The jelly blocks and jelly letters may be made from an elastomer gel resulting in a soft, stretchable children's toy that has shape memory. The jelly blocks and jelly letters may be made from an elastomer gel that is formulated for tackiness to permit stacking of the blocks or sticking of the letters to a desired surface. The blocks and letters may be soft enough that a child could be struck with them without suffering injury.
Claims40
An elastomer gel children's toy jelly block set comprising:
- a plurality of toy elastomer gel jelly blocks,
- at least some of said jelly blocks being fabricated from an elastomer gel material,
- at least some of said jelly blocks having a tacky exterior,
- said tacky exterior causing said jelly blocks to have a tendency to adhere to each other, such adherence resulting in easy stacking of said blocks with each other such as by children who do not have fully developed coordination skills,
- said jelly blocks each being soft, having shape memory, and being stretchable.
An elastomer gel children's toy jelly block set comprising:
- a plurality of toy elastomer gel jelly blocks,
- at least some of said jelly blocks being fabricated from an elastomer gel material, at least some of said jelly blocks having a tacky exterior,
- said tacky exterior causing said jelly blocks to have a tendency to adhere to each other, such adherence resulting in easy stacking of said blocks with each other such as by children who do not have fully developed coordination skills,
- said jelly blocks each being soft, having shape memory, and being stretchable;
- wherein said elastomer gel includes:
- an elastomer,
- said elastomer being an A-B-A triblock copolymer,
- said A-B-A triblock copolymer being selected from the group consisting of SEPS, SEBS and SEEPS, and
- a plasticizer,
- said plasticizer being selected from the group consisting of resin, rosin, oil and combinations thereof;
- and
- wherein said elastomer gel is soft enough that if a child is struck with one of said jelly blocks, there is little chance of the child suffering injury.
An elastomer gel children's toy jelly letter set comprising:
- a plurality of toy elastomer gel jelly letters,
- at least some of said jelly letters being fabricated from an elastomer gel material,
- at least some of said jelly letters having a tacky exterior,
- said tacky exterior causing said jelly letters to have a tendency to adhere to each other, such adherence resulting in easy stacking of said blocks with each other such as by children who do not have fully developed coordination skills,
- said jelly letters each being soft, having shape memory, and being stretchable.
An elastomer gel children's toy jelly letter set comprising:
- a plurality of toy elastomer gel jelly letters,
- at least some of said jelly letters being fabricated from an elastomer gel material, at least some of said jelly letters having a tacky exterior,
- said tacky exterior causing said jelly letters to have a tendency to adhere to each other, such adherence resulting in easy stacking of said blocks with each other such as by children who do not have fully developed coordination skills,
- said jelly letters each being soft, having shape memory, and being stretchable;
- wherein said elastomer gel includes:
- an elastomer,
- said elastomer being an A-B-A triblock copolymer,
- said A-B-A triblock copolymer being selected from the group consisting of SEPS, SEBS and SEEPS, and
- a plasticizer,
- said plasticizer being selected from the group consisting of resin, rosin, oil and combinations thereof;
- and
- wherein said elastomer gel is soft enough that if a child is struck with one of said jelly letters, there is little chance of the child suffering injury.
An elastomer gel children's toy jelly letter set as recited in claim 48 wherein said elastomer gel has a hardness in the durometer range of from less than 0 to about 50 on the Shore A scale.
An elastomer gel children's toy jelly letter set as recited in claim 48 wherein said plasticizer includes both oil and resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.