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Title: |
US3918180:
Puppet book structure
[ Derwent Title ]

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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Chamberlin, Robert W.; Seattle, WA 98115

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
1975-11-11
/ 1973-10-11

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Application Number: |
US1973000405265

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A63H 3/14;
A63H 33/38;
B42D 1/00;
B42D 3/12;
Core:
A63H 3/00;
B42D 3/00;
more...
IPC-7:
G09B 17/00;

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U.S. Class: |
Current:
434/178;
446/151;
446/327;
Original:
035/035.E;
046/116;
046/154;

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Field of Search: |
035/35 E
046/013,34,115,116,126,145,154
281/042

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Priority Number: |
| 1973-10-11 |
US1973000405265 |

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Abstract: |
A combination book and puppet structure comprising a book having apertures in the cover and all of the pages thereof at like locations thereon and one or more puppets sized to extend through the apertures into the book so that as each page of the book is turned the puppets appear on the page being read and may be manipulated from without the book in conjunction with the material portrayed on the pages of the book.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Graybeal, Barnard, Uhlir & Hughes ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Grieb, Wm. H.;

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Family: |
None

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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A book structure comprising:
- a plurality of pages bound together along one edge and a cover for said plurality of pages;
- an aperture in each of said pages and in said cover, said page apertures positioned at substantially the same location on each page and said cover aperture aligned with said page apertures to define a three dimensional void;
- puppet means mounted on said cover adjacent said aperture therein and extendible inwardly through said page apertures, said puppet means being sized to pass through the aperture in each of said pages as said pages are turned; and
- manipulation means extending through said cover and page apertures and providing animative manipulation of said puppet means with respect to the pages of said book with such manipulation being applied from the outside face of said book cover while the book is open to any selected page.

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