Marvin Glass & Associates

Beth E Luecke

Burton C Meyer

Wayne A Kuna

John V Zaruba

Steven P Hanson

A children's stuffed-art craft set includes a background board having two-dimensional graphics on a face surface with openings of various shapes forming elements of the graphics extending through the board to the opposite surface. Backing pieces, and relatively soft, stuffing pieces which are readily compressible compared to the background board and backing pieces, are shaped to fit into background board openings. Pieces of fabric or other material, larger than the openings and of various colors, patterns and textures are also supplied. A selected fabric piece is placed over the conforming stuffing and backing pieces and then inserted through the opening in the backing board from the opposite surface. The thickness of the extra fabric is wedged between the opening and the conforming backing piece to stretch the fabric, compress the stuffing and secure the combination in place creating a soft relief element of the picture or design following the two-dimensional graphics on the face of the background board.

Children's stuffed-art craft set

A amusement device for transmitting secret messages includes a central, generally flat, elongated core member for receiving the imprinting of messages thereon. A pressure sensitive sheet-like transfer element is wrapped around or placed adjacent a portion of the core material. The transfer element is coated on the side adjacent the core member with a substance which will transfer to the core upon pressure being applied to the outer side. The amusement device further includes an inner and outer wrapper, wrapped around the core member and pressure sensitive transfer element to disguise the nature of the device. A message may be written on the core material by using a stylus or other non-marking item to apply pressure to the outside wrapper. The pressure sensitive transfer element will imprint the message onto the core material such that when the core member is unwrapped, the message may be read. In one embodiment of the amusement element, the core member is a stick of chewing gum and the transfer element is coated with an edible substance.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Beth E Luecke