Method and apparatus for near-invisible tethers
AssigneeWilliam Mark Corporation
InventorWilliam Mark Forti
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Abstract
One or more ready-to-use near-invisible fixed-length tethers are provided on a carrier such that each tether can be removed from and reattached to the carrier without tangling. Most typically, such attachment is facilitated by modifying the ends of the tethers with a low tack adhesive and by winding the tether around a spool portion. Especially preferred low-tack adhesives provide adhesion of the tether ends to a user, the carrier, and the toy. In particularly preferred aspects, the tether is attached such that one end is removable while the other end remains attached such that the tether can be unwound from the spool by inverting the carrier.
Claims13
A method of facilitating reduction of set-up time for a user using an entertainment device comprising:
- (a) providing a near-invisible fixed-length tether having first and second ends and a thickness of less than 300 micron,
- (b) attaching to both ends of the tether a low-tack adhesive to thereby form a modified tether,
- (c) coupling both ends of the modified tether to a carrier that comprises a storage spool using the low-tack adhesive to form a tether-spool assembly that allows removal of the tether from the spool prior to use, and
- (d) wherein the user adhesively couples the first and second ends of the tether, after removal from the storage spool, via the low tack adhesive to a person and to an object, respectively, to thereby help the user to provide an illusion of flight of the object when the object is suspended in the air by the tether.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.