Patent ID: 7749041

Claim:
A collapsible theater comprising a tent comprising: a frame comprising: plural poles; and plural joints; a flexible shell; and at least one curtain; wherein the frame has a frame top, frame sides, and a frame bottom; wherein the poles comprise frame top poles, frame side poles, and frame bottom poles; wherein each of the joints: is non-articulating; and comprises receptacles into which the poles fit; wherein the poles are removably attached to each other by means of the joints; and wherein each frame side is removably attached to two adjacent frame sides; wherein the flexible shell: fits around the exterior of the frame; and comprises at least one opening; wherein the curtain: is movably and reversibly attached to the frame top pole by means of one or more fastener, in such a way as to approximately cover at least one opening; is, optionally, attached by means of one or more fastener to one or both of: frame side poles, and flexible shell; and can be moved, without detaching the curtain from the frame, to reveal the at least one opening; wherein the tent has a tent top, tent sides, and a tent bottom, wherein: the tent top comprises the frame top and any of the flexible shell covering the frame top; each tent side comprises one frame side and any of the flexible shell covering that frame side; and the tent bottom comprises the frame bottom and any of the flexible shell covering the frame bottom; and wherein one tent side is a theater side further comprising: a theater opening; a puppet stage board reversibly attached, by means of fasteners, to one or both of: the frame side poles on the theater side; and the flexible shell, wherein the puppet stage board, optionally, comprises one or more hole large enough to allow a puppet to fit through; and optionally, one or more curtain.