Patents Assigned to Folkmanis, Inc.
  • Animated hand puppet & animator therefor
    Patent number: 7635288
    Abstract: A soft sculpture puppet and a pliable animator therefor which is in the form of an elongated member that is inserted in an appendage of the puppet in a position accessible to the hand of a puppeteer and which includes controls that can be manipulated to cause the animator to curve and bend and thereby move the appendage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Folkmanis, Inc.
    Inventor: Erica Kawata
  • Animated hand puppet & animator therefor
    Publication number: 20070184751
    Abstract: A soft sculpture puppet and a pliable animator therefor which is in the form of an elongated member that is inserted in an appendage of the puppet in a position accessible to the hand of a puppeteer and which includes controls that can be manipulated to cause the animator to curve and bend and thereby move the appendage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Folkmanis, Inc.
    Inventor: Erica Kawata
  • Dynamic eye simulation mechanism
    Patent number: 7025655
    Abstract: A dynamic eye simulation mechanism in which an eye orb having a spherical surface has one area of that surface of a color simulating an eyelid and another area having a representation of an eye iris and surrounding sclera applied thereto wherein the orb is mounted for rotation relative to an eye aperture to simulate an eyelid closing and an eyelid blinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Folkmanis, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Chase
  • Dynamic eye simulation mechanism
    Publication number: 20040087246
    Abstract: A dynamic eye simulation mechanism in which an eye orb having a spherical surface has one area of that surface of a color simulating an eyelid and another area having a representation of an eye iris and surrounding sclera applied thereto wherein the orb is mounted for rotation relative to an eye aperture to simulate an eyelid closing and an eyelid blinking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: Folkmanis, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Chase