Patent ID: 6827626
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A marionette which comprises:(a) a controller having a first wing with a first end and a second end and a second wing with a first end and a second end, and having a control rod with a first end and a second end with a pivot ball on the first end wherein the second end of the first wing has an opening and the second end of the second wing has an opening and wherein the wings are connected together at the second ends so that the openings are coaxial and the pivot ball of the control rod is pivotably positioned in the openings at the second ends of the first and second wings; (b) a puppet having a head, a body and appendages with the head fixably mounted on the body and the appendages movably mounted on the body wherein a back of the body adjacent the head has an opening and wherein the second end of the control rod is inserted into the opening to connect the puppet to the controller; and (c) control strings having a first end and a second end and connected at the first end to the first and second wings of the controller and connected at the second end to the appendages of the puppet.