Puppet and actuating means therefor

Claim 1

IN A PUPPET APPARATUS, A PUPPET HAVING RIGID ARTICULATED MEMBERS, A PUPPET ACTUATING MEANS COMPRISING A KEYBOARD MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATELY MANUALLY OPERABLE PUPPET MEMBER ACTUATING DEVICES EACH SEPARATELY CONNECTED TO SEPARATE PORTIONS OF THE PUPPET MEMBERS TO BE ACTUATED BY THE INDIVIDUAL DEVICES AND EACH OF SAID DEVICES INCLUDING A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE OPERATING KEY AND A MEMBER OPERATING CORD EXTENDING FROM THE PORTION OF THE PUPPET MEMBER TO BE ACTUATED TO THE ASSOCIATED KEY, A SEPARATE MEANS FOR SUSPENDING SAID PUPPET AT A FIXED DISTANCE BELOW AND FROM SAID KEYBOARD MEANS, AND MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PUPPET SUSPENDING MEANS AND SAID PUPPET AS A UNIT IN TURNING MOVEMENTS RELATIVE TO SAID KEYBOARD MEANS IN EITHER DIRECTION ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIAL LINE WHILE PRESERVING THE OPERATIVE INTEGRITY OF THE PUPPET MEMBER ACTUATING DEVICES.