Animal puppet

a technology of puppets and animals, applied in the field of hand-manipulated puppets, can solve the problems of difficult to use puppets with the forearm, difficult to adapt to the use of puppets, and relatively high construction costs of this type of puppets

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-07-16
MADDI MICHAEL S
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[0009]The present invention overcomes the problems associated with the present state of the art of constructing a hand/forearm puppet. In particular, the invention uses foam of a single density for the body of the puppet and a similar or like foam of a different higher density for the legs of the puppet. In addition by attaching the legs to the body using the similar foam and attaching them to the side and no underneath the legs when molded to the body do not tend to separate from the body or crack or separate as would be the case for under the body placement of the legs.
[0010]One particular embodiment of the pre

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It is well known that use of puppets with the forearm can have problems due to fatigue of the forearm if there is no support or structural features to support the weight of the forearm in its construction.
While this approach substantially addresses the fatigue issue, construction of this type of puppet is relatively expensive and dos not lend itself easily if at all to mass production.

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[0015]The present invention relates to the construction of a hand manipulated puppet of the type that uses the hand and forearm to manipulate the puppet. In general by manufacturing the body of a first polymeric foam having a selected density and then manufacturing the legs of a second polymeric foam of a higher density and mounting at least two legs on either side of the body, the higher density of the legs can act to provide support of the forearm as it rests against the bottom portion of the cavity in the puppet.

[0016]While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail specific embodiments, with the understanding that the present disclosure of such embodiments is to be considered as an example of the principles and not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments shown and described. In the description below, like reference numerals are used to describe the same, similar or...

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Abstract

The present invention is a hand-manipulated puppet of the type simulating an animal that is manipulated by placement of the hand and forearm into a cavity. The body is cast of a first flexible polymeric foam and the legs of the puppet made a denser flexible polymeric foam so that the puppeteer can rest the forearm on the legs without crushing the legs yet leave a body that is flexible and manipulates easily.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0001]A portion of the disclosure of this patent contains material that is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to hand manipulated puppets. In particular the present invention relates to an improved puppet construction which can easily be mass produced and minimizes had fatigue of the puppeteer.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]Puppets that simulate an animal or other living being where the puppeteer must inset the hand and forearm into the puppet to manipulate the puppet are known in the art. The movement of the puppet is caused by the corresponding movements of the puppeteer's hand and forearm. For example puppets in U.S. Pat. No...

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IPC IPC(8): A63H3/14
CPCA63H3/46A63H3/14
InventorMADDI, MICHAEL S.
OwnerMADDI MICHAEL S