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US 6,663,456 B2Granted
Combined story media and puppet toy
AssigneeInnovative USA, Inc.
InventorEdward A. Gemma, Jr.
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Abstract
A toy comprising in combination a story media, a puppet manipulator, and puppet figures in a stage-like box. The puppet figures may represent characters objects or scenes from the story media. The puppet manipulator device is adapted to allow a user to removably attach various puppet figures to act out a play, scene or story selected from the story media using several puppet figures at the same time.
Claims19
A device comprising, in combination:
- a box comprising an inner space defined by a back wall, a front wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, an upper wall and a bottom wall;
- a puppet manipulator suitable for being located in said interior space and accessible to a user with a puppet attachment portion;
- at least one puppet figure attachable to said puppet attachment portion;
- a story media containing at least one story, play or scene related to said at least one puppet figure;
- wherein said story media is selected from the group consisting of a book, an audiotape, a videotape, a DVD, a diskette, a CD-Rom, and combinations of any of the foregoing;
- and
- wherein said puppet attachment portion of the puppet manipulator is comprised of a cloth material.
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A device comprising, in combination:
- a box comprising an inner space defined by a back wall, a front wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, an upper wall and a bottom wall;
- a puppet manipulator suitable for being located in said interior space and accessible to a user with a puppet attachment portion;
- at least one puppet figure attachable to said puppet attachment portion;
- a story media containing at least one story, play or scene related to said at least one puppet figure;
- wherein said story media is selected from the group consisting of a book, an audiotape, a videotape, a DVD, a diskette, a CD-Rom and combinations of any of the foregoing;
- and
- wherein said puppet manipulator is glove-shaped and at least one finger portion of said glove-shaped puppet manipulator comprises a puppet attachment portion.
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A device comprising, in combination:
- a box comprising an inner space defined by a back wall, a front wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, an upper wall and a bottom wall;
- a puppet manipulator suitable for being located in said interior space and accessible to a user with a puppet attachment portion;
- at least one puppet figure attachable to said puppet attachment portion;
- a story media containing at least one story, play or scene related to said at least one puppet figure;
- wherein said story media is selected from the group consisting of a book, an audiotape, a videotape, a DVD, a diskette, a CD-Rom and combinations of any of the foregoing;
- and
- wherein at least one portion of said puppet manipulator is affixed to the inside of one of the box walls.
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A device comprising, in combination:
- a) a box comprising inner space defined by a back wall, a front wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, an upper wall and a lower wall;
- b) a puppet manipulator suitable for being located in said interior space and accessible to a user;
- c) at least one puppet figure attachable to said puppet attachment portion;
- and
- d) a book containing at least one story, play or scene related to said at least one story, play or scene related to said at least one puppet figure;
- wherein
- said front wall comprises an upper portion having a window therein and a lower portion suitable for attaching said book, said window being suitable for viewing said at least one puppet figure attached to said puppet manipulator;
- said book is attached to said lower portion of said front wall;
- at least a portion of said puppet manipulator is affixed to the inside of the back wall of said box;
- said puppet manipulator is glove-shaped and at least one finger portion of said glove-shaped puppet manipulator is comprised of a cloth material, and said glove-shaped puppet manipulator is accessible by an opening 16 in the lower wall of said box;
- and
- said at least one puppet figure comprises a back side comprising an attachment means of fastening tape consisting of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks for attaching to the cloth material of said at least one finger portion of said glove-shaped puppet manipulator, and a front side comprising a likeness of a character in said book.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.