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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jack D Mackey, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Assignee:
Mattel, Inc, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1062051 ; 10628734 ;
Abstract
A malleable play material binder is combined with a substantially greater quantity of sand to form a granular malleable amorphous play material having an unusual tactile characteristic. The play material binder may comprise a conventional play material. In the preferred embodiment, the play material binder is formed by mixing a soluble cellulose, a polyvinyl alcohol, propylene glycol, water, sodium tetraborate, sodium carbonate and a light mineral oil.