On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 14:16:05 -0400, Joseph Gwinn
wrote:

In article
,
Alyson wrote:


Would spring steel hold its shape in order to hold the pad on my knee
until I wanted to unbend it to take it off?

There is no metal that will do this forever. But soft aluminum wire is
pretty good, and cheap. Art stores sell such wire for use as armatures
in plaster sculpture.


And used much like the OP's application in the toobers in the toy
"Toobers & Zots."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toobers_%26_Zots

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Ned Simmons