Patent ID: 8472000

Claim:
An animation stand for two-dimensional and stop-motion animation, comprising: a. a planar base having a bottom surface and a top surface; b. a planar stage panel mounted fiat to the top surface of said base; c. a planar backdrop panel mounted perpendicular to said base; d. a vertical arm having a top end and a bottom end, with the bottom end mounted to said base; e. a rotary hinge having a vertical arm end and a horizontal arm end, with the vertical arm end mounted at the top end of said vertical arm, pivotable around the vertical axis of said vertical arm; f. a horizontal arm having a rotary hinge end and an articulating joint end, with the rotary hinge end mourned to the horizontal arm end of said rotary hinge; and g. an articulating joint having a horizontal arm end and a camera support arm end, with the horizontal arm end mourned to the articulating joint end of said horizontal arm.