Removable device for control of a hand puppet
OwnerCraig John Lovik, Matthew Daniel Campbellinventors
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Abstract
A removable device for control of a hand puppet is described. A hand puppet includes a head having a superior cavity and an inferior cavity that corresponds to the jaw of the hand puppet. A first appendage of the removable device is configured to be inserted into the superior cavity, and a second appendage of the removable device is configured to be inserted into the inferior cavity. Further, a control of the removable device is configured to control rotation of the second appendage such that the second appendage causes the hand puppet's mouth to open and close by moving the jaw.
Claims13
A removable device for control of a hand puppet, the removable device comprising:
- a first appendage for insertion into a superior cavity of a head of the hand puppet;
- a second appendage for insertion into an inferior cavity of the head of the hand puppet, the inferior cavity corresponding to a jaw of a mouth of the hand puppet;
- a control configured to control the second appendage to open and close the mouth by moving the jaw;
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- a flexible tensioner attached to an attachment point of the second appendage and to a superior portion of the control, the flexible tensioner further wrapped around a spacer disposed between the attachment point of the second appendage and the superior portion of the control, and the flexible tensioner configured, responsive to a force applied to an inferior portion of the control which creates tension in the flexible tensioner, to apply an additional force to the second appendage via the attachment point to control the second appendage to open the mouth.
A system comprising:
- a hand puppet, and
- a removable device inserted into the hand puppet, the removable device configured to:
- bias, via an appendage of the removable device, a jaw of a mouth of the hand puppet in a default position;
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- control, responsive to manipulation by a user's hand of a control of the removable device, the appendage of the removable device to open and close the mouth by moving the jaw, wherein a flexible tensioner attached to a superior portion of the control and an attachment point of the appendage is wrapped around a spacer disposed between the attachment point of the appendage and the superior portion of the control, the flexible tensioner biasing the jaw and enabling control of the appendage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.