Patent ID: 7635288

Claim:
A puppet animator comprising: a generally flat, unitary, elongate flexible body section having a first external side and an opposing second external side and terminating in a tip end; a first control strap having two ends and extending along said first external side of said body section to said tip end where one of said first strap ends is affixed, while the other of said first strap ends is free; and a second control strap having two ends and extending along said second external side of said body section to said tip end where one of its ends is affixed; whereby a pulling force on said first control strap causes said flexible body section to bend in one direction and a pulling force on said second control strap causes said flexible body section to bend in a second direction; and a first pull ring attached to the free end of said first control strap whereby a pulling force can be applied to said first strap by pulling on said pull ring.