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Pipe Cleaner Craft Kit

a pipe cleaner and craft kit technology, applied in toys, dolls, entertainment, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to complete complex and/or detailed designs, fragile or difficult to keep the pipe cleaners in place,

Inactive Publication Date: 2020-09-17
KARSTEN LISA MCCUE
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Benefits of technology

The present invention is a kit for making craft projects using pipe cleaners. The kit has a base with a body and attachments with holes for receiving ends of pipe cleaners. Users can insert the ends of the pipe cleaners into the holes, wrap them tightly around the base or attachments, and then insert the other end into a hole to hold it in place. The hole patterns can be simple or complex, allowing for different user skill sets to create finished products with different colors and textures.

Problems solved by technology

While these pipe cleaner crafts have been popular, they often suffer from being fragile or difficulties in keeping the pipe cleaners in place once the craft is completed.
Further, the prior crafts did not allow for complex and / or detailed designs to be easily completed.

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[0020]The preferred embodiments of the inventions are described with reference to the drawings. A base assembly 100 of a pipe cleaner project in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 1. The base assembly 100 has a body 110, a plurality of limbs 200, and a head 300. The head have a skull portion 310, a jaw portion 330 and a peg 312. Each of the body 110, the limbs 200, and the head 300 has a plurality of holes 102, 202. The body 110 has holes 114 for receiving pegs 206 on limbs 200 and a hole for receiving peg 312 on the head 300. The pegs 206 are inserted into the holes 114 in the body 110 to attach the limbs 200 to the body 110. The head 300 similarly has a peg 312 that inserted into a hole 114 in a neck portion of the body 110. The body 110 has a recessed surface 116 surrounding each hole 114 for opposing a surface 204 on a limb to provide support for the limb 200. The holes 102 on the body 110, 202 on the limbs 200 and head 300 are for r...

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Abstract

A craft project having base with a body and a plurality of limbs or attachments with the body and attachments having a plurality of holes for receiving ends of pipe cleaners such that a first end of a pipe cleaner can be inserted into a first hole, the pipe cleaner can then be wrapped tightly about the body or attachments, and then a second end of the pipe cleaner can be inserted into a second hole in the body or limb to fasten, and so on to create a unique pipe cleaner craft.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62 / 818,288 filed by the present inventor on Mar. 14, 2019.[0002]The aforementioned provisional patent application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0003]None.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0004]The present invention relates to craft projects, and more particularly, to a craft using pipe cleaners.Brief Description of the Related Art[0005]Pipe cleaners have been used for many years in arts and crafts projects. While these pipe cleaner crafts have been popular, they often suffer from being fragile or difficulties in keeping the pipe cleaners in place once the craft is completed. Further, the prior crafts did not allow for complex and / or detailed designs to be easily completed.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0006]In a preferred embodiment, th...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63H9/00A63H3/16A63H3/46
CPCA63H9/00A63H3/46A63H3/16
Inventor KARSTEN, LISA MCCUE
Owner KARSTEN LISA MCCUE