This is the Happy Hand, invented and patented
by Elizabeth Low of Houston, Texas at the age of nine.
It can be used as a paper weight or molded into different
poses
to hold various kinds of items, including store displays.
Elizabeth entered the Happy Hand in a school competition
and won!
Source of information: The Kids' Invention
Book by Arlene Erlbach,
available at
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