US Patent:
20040121702, Jun 24, 2004
Inventors:
Amy Seibert - Dundee IL, US
Ruth Synowic - Naperville IL, US
Michael Gierek - Woodridge IL, US
Thomas Tretter - Oak Park IL, US
Kevin Taylor - Aurora IL, US
Julie Yu - Carol Stream IL, US
Assignee:
The Marketing Store Worldwide, L.P.
International Classification:
A63H005/00
Abstract:
A finger puppet toy sits comfortably on a finger of a child, and generates a sound when the finger is tapped against a hard object, such as a desk or a table-top. The sound may be a voice, an animal sound, an animal voice sound, a musical note, or any of the above sounds in the key of a musical note. The head of the puppet toy articulates about a shaft when the child articulates the finger, and the head may thus appear to move while the sound is generated. Multiple toys worn on one or more hands and having different musical notes may be tapped in sequence to play a melody.
