A toy composed of a plurality of bodies held in end-to-end relation by an elastic member

Claim 1

A toy comprising a plurality of parts each said part having opposite inclined planar surfaces, each of said parts having a bore extending from one said surface thereof to the other, an elastic connecting band extending through the bores of the parts to hold the parts in assembled end-to-end relation to form an assembly having one said part at each end and the remaining said parts therebetween, with the surfaces of each said remaining part in contact with the surfaces of adjacent ones of said parts, and means securing the elastic connecting member at the ends thereof to the parts at the opposite ends of the assembly, said elastic connecting member being in tension and thereby exerting pressure on said parts and developing friction between the contacting surfaces, whereby the shape of the assembly is variable by mutually independently turning said parts and the shape resulting is maintained by the pressure and friction which is developed, each said part being a symmetrical body and the bore therein being substantially axial.