Amusement devices: toys – Toy theater
Patent
1993-02-12
1993-11-16
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Toy theater
472 57, A63J 1900
Patent
active
052618498
ABSTRACT:
A toy or miniature theater is designed for interchangeable use in staging performances, such as, puppet or marionette shows and is made up of a housing with a platform normally disposed at a lower end of the housing with a front opening in the housing above the platform so as to define a stage, one or more side openings being provided to afford access from the sides of the housing in manipulating characters on the stage. The platform includes an opening which can be removably closed so that when the platform is at the lower end of the housing it can form a solid stage and when the housing is inverted to place the platform at the upper end, the housing opening is left open for passage of marionettes or other figures therethrough above the housing and into a position visible through the front opening of the housing. A scenic backdrop in the form of a removable panel can be removably inserted through slots either across the front or rear end of the platform as desired.
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Hafer Robert A.
Muir D. Neal
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