US 12,064,704 B2
Mechanical apparatus for controlling a puppet and method of using the same
Jais Arthur Sardo, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Jais Arthur Sardo, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/016,358.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,875, filed on Sep. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0086090 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A63H 3/48 (2006.01); A63H 3/40 (2006.01); A63J 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63H 3/48 (2013.01) [A63H 3/40 (2013.01); A63J 19/006 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling a puppet having an inside and having a nose, a mouth, eyes, eye brows, and cheeks, comprising:
providing at least eighteen rods, each rod having a first end and a second end, the at least eighteen rods including four rods engaging the eye brows, two rods engaging the nose, two rods engaging the eyes, four rods engaging the mouth, four rods engaging the cheeks, and two rods engaging the teeth;
providing a mounting plate defining apertures through which rods may extend, twist, and rotate, with the first end of the rods engaged with the inside of the puppet;
keeping the rods in place via a rod and ball system;
controlling each rod rods via its a second end to translate into movement on the first end and therefore the puppet; and
locking the rods in place via a ball or pressure brace.