Patent for Rubberband Guy
Apparently a couple of months ago, the USPTO issued a design patent for a Homunculus Constructed from Common Rubberbands (the word Homunculus is Latin for “little man”).
I wonder where one can buy these Homunculi? Hmmm, maybe try www.rubberrubberbandman.com. Only $16.95 Canada.
The little Rubberband Homunculus reminds me of the large blue rubberband ball that our receptionist has created.
She’s put about a decade seventeen years worth of work into that thing, slowly and carefully adding a few rubberbands per day (the blue rubberbands come to us from Canada Post, which uses them to bind our mail). Her rubberband ball is approaching the size of a basketball and probably weighs a good 10 to 15 pounds. Based on my calculations it has over 10,000 rubber bands. I like it, can you tell?
Via Patently Silly.