| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 446359000 | Including support or manipulator extrinsic to figure (e.g., marionette) | 7 |
| 20100227526 | SYSTEM FOR ANIMATING DECORATIVE ELEMENTS - A system for animating decorative elements or products moved by means of strings connecting the decorative elements to an animating mechanism includes a closed animating device ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 446361000 | Flaccid support or manipulator | 3 |
| 446362000 | Plural flaccid elements to manipulate plural body parts | 3 |
| 20090197505 | MARIONETTE TOY - A marionette toy is provided with a container to accommodate a marionette, a lid for the container, a plurality of suspending members and a driving mechanism. One end of each of the suspending members one is connected to the marionette to suspend the marionette. The driving mechanism drives at least one of the suspending members and is arranged inside the lid. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100227527 | Robotic Marionettes on Magnetically-Supported and Highly Mobile Puppeteer Platforms - An apparatus for suspending and positioning marionettes. The apparatus includes a thin, planar support membrane such as a plastic sheet. A tender vehicle is positioned on the upper side of the support membrane. A motor or other drive mechanism selectively positions the tender vehicle relative to the support membrane. The apparatus includes a puppeteer vehicle from which a marionette is suspended. The puppeteer vehicle is positioned proximate to the lower side of the support membrane opposite the tender vehicle. To support the puppeteer vehicle, one or both of the vehicles includes one or more rotatable magnetic elements such that the attractive forces support the weight of the puppeteer vehicle and the marionette. Typically, the puppeteer vehicle is a passive follower, and the drive mechanism of the tender vehicle includes motors to move the magnetic elements and position the tender and following puppeteer vehicle with its marionette to provide a show. | 09-09-2010 |
| 446363000 | Hand-held overhead support for flaccid elements | 1 |
| 20140302744 | Method and Apparatus for Manipulation of a Toy Marionette - A marionette toy kit is provided where the container forms a portion of a performing stage that is easily assembled by the player and where the marionette is supported by a near-invisible tether. The kit may be further configured to integrate consumer electronics that permit the player to incorporate programmed special effects or electronic media into their play in an interactive fashion, and/or to integrate personalized items with at least one component of the toy kit. | 10-09-2014 |
| 446366000 | Rod-supported or -controlled figure | 3 |
| 20130324007 | STICK PUPPET - A puppet includes a hollow outer shaft having a first end and a second end, an inner shaft disposed substantially within the outer shaft and slidable in a longitudinal direction relative to the outer shaft. The inner shaft includes a first end and an opposing second end. The puppet further includes a first puppet piece attached to the outer shaft near the first end thereof, a second puppet piece attached to the inner shaft near the first end thereof, and a lever connected to the inner shaft and extending outward therefrom through a first slot formed in the outer shaft. The second end of the inner shaft extends outside of the outer shaft. One of the first and second puppet pieces is movable relative to the other by sliding the lever longitudinally relative to the outer shaft or by moving the second end of the inner shaft away from the outer shaft. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20160096120 | PUPPET CONTROL MECHANISM - An apparatus comprises a puppet device. The apparatus also comprises a control mechanism operably connected to the puppet device to control movement of the puppet device. The control mechanism comprises a material having a material index of refraction that substantially matches a fluid index of refraction of a fluid in which the puppet device and the control device are positioned such that the control mechanism is rendered substantially invisible. Further, another apparatus comprises an object. The apparatus also comprises an actuator that is operably connected to the object and moves in a fluid environment based upon movement of a control mechanism that interacts with the actuator in the fluid environment, the control mechanism comprising a material having a material index of refraction that substantially matches a fluid index of refraction to render the control mechanism substantially invisible in the fluid environment. | 04-07-2016 |
| 446367000 | Plural rods for manipulating plural body parts | 1 |
| 20140335758 | ROLLING PUSH TOY - A push toy having a puppet mounted on a first member. Pivotally cross-connected at one end of the first member is a second member having wheels and pivotally cross-connected at the other end of the first member is a third member used for steering. Cables connecting the third member to the second member extend along each side of the first member. The cables extend through the puppet and the feet of the puppet are connected to the second member. As a user pushes the push toy and steers the wheels turn as the puppet moves in a manner such that the puppet appears to be steering the push toy. | 11-13-2014 |
