Attachment structure for puppet, manipulator combination

Claim 1

In a puppet and manipulator combination comprising a puppet and a manipulator attached thereto, an improvement wherein said puppet has a back surface having secured thereon first attaching means comprising an attachment-type, fabric, flexible overlap member, said manipulator comprising an elongate member provided at one end with an attached plate which is inclined with respect to the axis of said elongate member, second attaching means comprising a releasably securable fabric attachment member secured to said plate and detachably cooperatively self-securable to said flexible overlap member by surface engagement therewith, said fabric attachment member being disposed over said plate, and doubled back over at least one edge of said plate, said fabric attachment member being adhered in place in its doubled back configurement with respect to said plate, said flexible overlap member having, along at least one edge thereof, a foldable flexible overlap portion, said plate with said fabric attachment member being releasably secured to said flexible overlap member in a manner such that said flexible overlap portion is overlappingly disposed around at least said one edge of said plate and in said surface engagement with said fabric attachment member where the latter itself doubles back over said plate edge.