Static Electric Toy

Abstract

A toy comprising foam material that easily generates static electricity, giving the toy the ability to adhere to or repel from a user's body or nearby objects. The toy, in a recognizable form, will provide amusement when affixed to people's bodies or objects in their surroundings.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A toy comprising:
 material having an affinity for accepting a static electric charge which, when rubbed against a conducting surface, generates static electric charge capable of adhering said toy to a person's body or an object.   
     
     
         2 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein said material comprises foam. 
     
     
         3 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein said toy may be in a recognizable form. 
     
     
         4 . The toy of  claim 1 , wherein said toy may repel from certain items. 
     
     
         5 . A method of adhering a toy to a person's body or an object with static electric charge, comprising the steps of:
 (i) touching said toy to a conducting surface to generate excess static electric charge; and   (ii) contacting said toy with a person's body or an object.   
     
     
         6 . The method as in  claim 5 , wherein said material comprises foam. 
     
     
         7 . The method as in  claim 5 , wherein following step (ii), said toy adheres to said person or said object without application of additional force. 
     
     
         8 . The method as in  claim 5 , wherein following step (ii), adhesion of said toy resists regular efforts of removal. 
     
     
         9 . The method as in  claim 5 , wherein following step (ii), regular efforts of removal may displace said toy to a different location on said person's body or said object or to a different person's body or a different object. 
     
     
         10 . A method of adhering a toy to a person's body or an object or repelling a toy from certain items, comprising the steps of:
 (i) touching said toy to a conducting surface to generate an excess static electric charge; and   (ii) contacting said toy with a person's body, with an object, or with certain items.