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US 3,942,283 AGranted
Hand puppet
OwnerMary P. Rushtoninventor
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Abstract
A hand puppet resembling a stuffed animal has a pocket extending therein into which the hand of a manipulator is inserted. The pocket is configured to extend into the legs and head of the animal so that the legs and head may be moved by the fingers of the manipulator. Behind the pocket, there is a cavity which is filled with polyurethane foam or the like so that the back portion of the animal retains its shape as the animal is manipulated.
Claims11
A hand puppet shaped like and having the characteristics of a stuffed toy and being configured for manipulation by five fingers of a hand, comprisng:
- a body portion defined by front, back and bottom surfaces;
- a head projecting from said body portion at an end of said body portion opposite said bottom surface;
- first and second pairs of appendages projecting from said body portion, wherein the first pair of appendages are disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the body portion and the second pair of appendages are disposed between the first pair and head;
- a pocket extending in said body portion and terminating inside of said appendages and said head to form five depending recesses, each of which is adapted to receive a finger, said pocket being juxtaposed to the front of the body portion so that the palm of the hand is just behind the front surface of the body portion;
- a cavity disposed between the pocket and the back of the body portion;
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- stuffing means contained within said cavity for substantially maintaining the shape of at least said back of the body portion as the puppet is manipulated, said stuffing means having sufficient stiffness to maintain the stuffed toy shape of the hand puppet when a hand is not in the pocket and being so located that the hand puppet will rest on the bottom surface without falling over.
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