Amusement devices: toys – Toy theater
Reexamination Certificate
2003-01-29
2004-07-20
Fernstrom, Kurt (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Toy theater
C446S071000, C446S072000, C446S083000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06764372
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to educational equipment, more particularly, to a puppet book kit as a means for teaching children how to read which is also enjoyable to children.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
It is sometimes difficult to interest young children in reading books. Children often loose interest in reading conventional books. It is well recognized that the reading and learning processes are enhanced when the child's interest is maximized in some manner.
The prior art has addressed this problem by incorporating entertainment features into children's books to enhance the children's interest in the book. Such books have been designed so that the books are visually attractive and have eye-catching features. Such entertainment features have comprised, for example, pop up figures, puppets or other items that are attached to or coordinated with a book.
Puppets and puppet shows have, of course, long been known and the effectiveness of the use of puppets to capture the attention and imagination of children has long been recognized. Children's books of the conventional form have, of course, also long been known although the difficulty of maintaining the interest of the very young child for an extended period while the conventional form of book is being read to the child is generally recognized. Indeed, the difficulty of interesting a child who has learned to read in reading books, particularly with the television competing for the child's time, is also great.
A child's desire to read may be limited by the attention span of the child. A young child may pick up a conventional book and initially be interested in the book because the child can touch and feel the cover and exterior surfaces of the book. However, once the child becomes familiar with the outline of the book the child may become disinterested in the book. Since children have a natural attraction for toys and small physical objects, often children are more attentive and will want to read a book longer if a toy or small physical object is associated with the book.
The learning process may be further enhanced if a child is able to see, touch and/or feel a three-dimensional object being discussed on the pages of a book. Often times, simply having the child read the words is inadequate for the child's complete understanding of the material printed on the book pages. A child may be better able to understand the subject matter of the book if the child is able to touch or feel a three-dimensional object which is representative of the subject matter of the book.
A wide variety of books is currently available on the commercial market and an even larger number of these types of devices are known in the art of books, for example, the animated toy book disclosed by Cross in U.S. Pat. No. 1,139,643; the puppet book structure disclosed by Chamberlin in U.S. Pat. No. 3,918,180; the psychotherapeutic device disclosed by Solomon in U.S. Pat. No. 4,341,521; the educational book with interactive elements disclosed by Thorsheim and Roberts in U.S. Pat. No. 4,537,576; the children's books disclosed by Mayer et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 4,932,679; the three-dimensional book disclosed by Vap in U.S. Pat. No. 5,915,729; and the children's activity book disclosed by Stajan and Krmelj in U.S. Pat. No. D295,538.
While all of the above-described devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a puppet book kit having a a plurality of pages, a cover, an aperture traversing through each of the pages and through the cover to form a three dimensional void, a backdrop curtain, a slide out panel, at least one card holder, a plurality of story cards, and at least one marionette. This combination of elements would specifically match the user's particular individual needs of making it possible to provide a teacher a means for teaching children how to read which is enjoyable to children. The above-described patents make no provision for a puppet book kit having a plurality of pages, a cover, an aperture traversing through each of the pages and through the cover to form a three dimensional void, a backdrop curtain, a slide out panel, at least one card holder, a plurality of story cards, and at least one marionette.
Therefore, a need exists for a new and improved puppet book kit having a plurality of pages, a cover, an aperture traversing through each of the pages and through the cover to form a three dimensional void, a backdrop curtain, a slide out panel, at least one card holder, a plurality of story cards, and at least one marionette. In this respect, the puppet book kit according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing a means for teaching children how to read which is also enjoyable to children.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present kit and method of using, according to the principles of the present invention, overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art by providing a puppet book kit and method of using is disclosed. The puppet book kit comprises a plurality of pages, a cover, an aperture traversing through each of the pages and through the cover to form a three dimensional void, a backdrop curtain, a slide out panel, at least one card holder, a plurality of story cards, and at least one marionette. The plurality of pages is bound together to the cover along one common edge. The backdrop curtain is attached onto the cover, in which the backdrop curtain covers over the cover aperture. The slide out panel is slidably attached to the cover, wherein the slide out panel is mounted over the cover aperture and positioned under the backdrop curtain. Each card holder is attached to each corresponding page in which each story card is attachable to each card holder. Each marionette as a handle and a torso attached to the handle, in which the torso of the marionette is insertable through the cover aperture therein and extendible inwardly through the page apertures wherein the torso of the marionette is sized to pass through the aperture in each of the pages as the pages are turned. The method of using the kit comprises the steps of adjoining, attaching, moving, obtaining, reading, removing, repeating, sliding, supporting, taking, and turning.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known type puppet book kit now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved puppet book kit, which will be described subsequently in great detail, is to provide a new and improved puppet book kit which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by the prior art, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a plurality of pages, a cover, an aperture traversing through each of the pages and through the cover to form a three dimensional void, a backdrop curtain, a slide out panel, at least one card holder, a plurality of story cards, and at least one marionette. The plurality of pages is bound together to the cover along one common edge. The backdrop curtain is attached onto the cover, in which the backdrop curtain covers over the cover aperture. The slide out panel is slidably attached to the cover, wherein the slide out panel is mounted over the cover aperture and positioned under the backdrop curtain. Each card holder is attached to each corresponding page in which each story card is attachable to each card holder. Each marionette as a handle and a torso attached to the handle, in which the torso of the marionette is insertable through the cover aperture therein and extendible inwardly through the page apertures wherein the torso of the marionette is sized to pass through the aperture in each of the pages as the pages are turned.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description, thereof that follows ma
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