Dealybob

[Peter A. McGraw]

The trademarked Deely Bobber looks like it could be a deliberate pun on the
earlier, generic "dealybob."

--On Wednesday, November 5, 2003 1:30 PM -0500 "Baker, John"
<JMB at STRADLEY.COM> wrote:

>         From the Patent and Trademark Office website:
>
>         >>Word Mark DEELY BOBBERS
> Goods and Services IC 020. US 050. G & S: Novelty Item-Namely, a Head
> Band with Springs Carrying Ornaments. FIRST USE: 19811204. FIRST USE IN
> COMMERCE: 19811204<<
>
>         I'm pretty sure I heard dealybob (= thing) before the first use
> of this trademark in 1981.
>
> John Baker



*****************************************************************
Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
******************* pmcgraw at linfield.edu ************************