Dealybob

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 07:57:35PM -0500, Sam Clements wrote:
> I don't know if I'm allowed to quote from the OED  but
>
> <    1. A proprietary name for a make of construction toy comprising a
> number of inter-linking building blocks. (Manufactured 1969-73.) U.S.
> temporary.
>
>   .   1969 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 July TM15/2 Products of the
> Behavioral Sciences, Inc., San Jose, Calif. Filed Aug. 5, 1968.
> Deelie-bobbers for building toys. 1969 Telegraph (Brisbane) 2 July 46/5
> Deelie Bobbers... They lobbed on my desk in a flower-patterned drawstring
> bag which, upended, sent 100 plastic daisy cutouts spilled every whichway. >
>
> Jesse perhaps has an earlier one by now?

Earlier than the actual trademark application, earlier than
they were actually manufactured? That's tough to get.

JTS