EP0495945A1 - Kit of articulated pieces for building puppets and rag dolls. - Google Patents
Kit of articulated pieces for building puppets and rag dolls.Info
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- EP0495945A1 EP0495945A1 EP91913959A EP91913959A EP0495945A1 EP 0495945 A1 EP0495945 A1 EP 0495945A1 EP 91913959 A EP91913959 A EP 91913959A EP 91913959 A EP91913959 A EP 91913959A EP 0495945 A1 EP0495945 A1 EP 0495945A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63J—DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE
- A63J19/00—Puppet, marionette, or shadow shows or theatres
- A63J19/006—Puppets or marionettes therefor
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- the present invention relates to a joint kit made of various components for crafting puppets or cloth play dolls.
- marionettes are produced in a simple decorative design, in that rag dolls are provided with a playing cross and play threads, in order then to hang them up as a decorative item in the first place.
- These exhibition puppets do not have any specially designed and technically complex body joints. Their bodies are in themselves identical to those of conventional dolls, for example cloth dolls, which are sewn together from a pattern and then stuffed. Such a decorative puppet is only suitable for playing to a limited extent.
- the marionettes for professional puppet play are mostly one-offs that are manufactured with great attention to detail and in which each individual joint is technically very complex, so that the characteristics of these joints match the body as much as possible close natural joints. So for the neck joint, the shoulder joints, the elbow and even hand joints, as well as separately manufactured hinges for the hip joint, the knee and foot joints.
- the rag doll has enjoyed a real renaissance.
- Such rag dolls are characterized by a body surface made of tricot, whereby mainly natural materials are used for the whole doll. With the introduction of deep-drawn masks, even hobbyists with little artistic talent can now produce very appealing dolls.
- the object of the present invention is to create a joint kit for the manufacture of such marionettes and fabric play dolls, which enables optimum playability with a low technical outlay.
- FIG. 1 shows a marionette made with the joint kit according to the invention with a wooden head, wooden hands and feet in a view from the front;
- FIG. 2 shows a thermoformed plastic mask from obliquely behind with inserts for using the mask as a puppet head
- FIG. 3 shows a marionette made with the joint kit according to the invention with a stuffed mask head and stuffed extremities in a view from the front.
- FIG. 1 shows a first marionette manufactured with the joint kit according to the invention.
- the central element of the joint kit is the cross-shaped neck-shoulder element 1 with the joint for the neck 2 or head and with the two shoulder joints 3, 4.
- This neck-shoulder element is the cross-shaped neck-shoulder element 1 with the joint for the neck 2 or head and with the two shoulder joints 3, 4.
- I consists of a round timber 6 running along the trunk 5 of the puppet and a thinner round timber 7 passing through this round timber 6 in the shoulder area and forming the shoulder of the puppet. Near the upper edge of the round timber 6, this has a groove 8 around its circumference. There are also two holes 9, 10 from the upper end face
- the holes 9, 10 opening below on the side below the groove 8.
- the holes 9, 10 in the end face 11 have a got up, which corresponds to about a third of the log diameter.
- a cord 12 is pulled through these holes 9, 10 such that a loop 12 is formed above the end face 11 of the round timber 6.
- this cord 12 is knotted at both ends in front of the holes in the groove 8.
- the length of the loop 12 can be determined by the placement of the knots.
- the loop 12 is also pulled at the top by an eyebolt 13. If a wooden head 14 is used, this eyebolt 13 can simply be screwed from below into the neck extension of the wooden head 14, whereby the neck joint is completed.
- the plane in which the ring of the eyebolt 13 must lie after tightening runs in the direction of view of the puppet head 14.
- the width of the loop 12 is set beforehand so that the head 14 can be rotated by approximately 180 ° degrees, as that also corresponds to nature. With such a loop adjustment, the head 14 can also be tilted forward and backward, almost exactly like a natural head.
- the complete freedom of the head of natural man is largely modeled on the joint kit according to the invention.
- the head 14 can be rolled like a natural head within a cone shell, and at the same time it can be rotated to the left and right in any position.
- the neck joint 2 is surprisingly simple in construction and requires a correspondingly low outlay for production.
- the neck-shoulder element 1 described is sewn into the trunk 5 when the puppet is being crafted.
- the groove 8 finally serves to insert the fabric in the cervical process. pull.
- the neck joint 2 is covered on the finished puppet by clothing, for example by a suitable collar.
- the shoulder joints 3, 4 are constructed by screwing an eyebolt 15, 16 into the outer end faces of the round timber 7, which forms the shoulder. Cords 17, 18 are in turn pulled through these eyebolts 15, 16 and their free ends are sewn with the conventional stuffed arms 19, 20, so that a loop 17, 18 is passed through the eyebolts 15, 16.
- These shoulder joints 3, 4 thus imitate ball joints.
- the arms can be rotated, lifted up, or folded at the front accordingly. The extent of their freedom from rotation is determined by the width of the loops 17, 18. These are advantageously sewn onto the arms 19, 20 in such a way that the arms can rotate a maximum of one full revolution.
- the eyebolts 15, 16 of the shoulder joints 3, 4 simultaneously serve to secure the shoulder threads 25, 26 by simply tying them on the eyebolts 15, 16.
- the elbow joints are created by sewing the cover tricot fabric there by means of a double seam 21.
- Special wooden hands 23 with forearm parts belonging to the joint kit are used for the hands.
- the forearms have an R-groove 24, 25 at their elbow-side end. This round groove 24, 25 on each forearm serves to enable the hand 23 to be attached to the stuffed part of the forearm. This is done by placing the fabric in the groove 24,25 is pulled in, which at the same time creates a clean transition from the jersey to the wood.
- the hip joint is created by means of a welt hem 27, into which a log 28 of the length of the hip width is sewn.
- a hip joint constructed in this way, the torsion possibility of the upper body 5 in relation to the legs is restricted in a manner similar to that of the natural body.
- a joint is defined that is particularly useful for the puppet to bend down or sit down as naturally as possible.
- the roundwood 28 in the welt hem 27 also enables the buttock thread to be securely fastened by being tied centrally around the roundwood 28 or by screwing an eyebolt from the center into the roundwood 28, to which the buttock thread can then be tied.
- the knee joints 29, 30 are produced in exactly the same way as the elbow joint by means of two seams.
- the joint kit also includes a special ankle. This consists of a lower leg part 31, 32, which each consists of a round wood, which has a tapered diameter at the top and whose thicker area near the lower edge has a circumferential groove 39, 40. At the same time, the thicker area has a continuous slot 33, 34 milled in from below and running through the center of the log.
- FIG. 2 shows a special insert for deep-drawn masks when a head for a puppet is to be produced with them.
- Thermoformed PVC masks are usually used to make rag dolls.
- the masks are coated with glue and covered with the same tricot material from which the doll is otherwise made.
- the back head is then stuffed with cotton wool. Because a puppet must now also be hung on the head and the head must also be connected to the fuselage in an articulated and non-positive manner, this is not possible with a merely stuffed head made of a plastic mask.
- the invention therefore also includes an insert for plastic masks, by means of which these can be used to make puppet heads.
- Such a plastic mask 41 is shown obliquely from behind in FIG.
- the insert consists of a wooden cross bar 42, the length of which corresponds to the greatest internal width of the mask 41.
- the crossbar 42 is nailed into the mask from the outside by means of nails 43, 44.
- the nails 43, 44 are thus nailed into the front sides of the cross bar 42.
- small eyebolts 47, 48 can additionally be screwed from the outside into the front sides of the crossbar 42, on the rings of which the head threads 45, 46 can then be tied.
- nails instead of eyebolts may suffice.
- a wooden cylinder 49 is glued into the neck part of the mask so that the head produced by the mask 41 can be attached to the fuselage in a force-locking and articulated manner.
- FIG. 3 shows a rag doll that can be played as a puppet. Only those elements which differ from the puppet according to FIG. 1 are described separately below.
- the cover jersey for the forearm 50.51 and the hand can be inserted one insert hand 52, 53 made of flexible sheet metal so that different hand positions can be formed.
- a piece of lead can be sewn into the palms of the hands so that the rag doll can be played easily.
- the arms then sag limply when the hand threads were relieved. Inserts similar to those in FIG. 1 are used for the feet.
- round timbers 54.55 with the same outer shape, also with a round groove 56.57 near their lower edge.
- the round timbers 54, 55 have a hole on their underside instead of a slot, into which a lead piece 58, 59 can be inserted. So the greatest weight is in the right place for the game, namely exactly at the ankle.
- the covering material of the lower leg can be drawn into the groove 56.57.
- the feet are made from sewn, stuffed pieces of fabric. These stuffed feet are sewn onto the lower legs by pulling their upper fabric edge into the groove 56, 57.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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CH2615/90A CH680907A5 (en) | 1990-08-10 | 1990-08-10 | |
CH2615/90 | 1990-08-10 | ||
PCT/CH1991/000160 WO1992002280A1 (en) | 1990-08-10 | 1991-08-08 | Kit of articulated pieces for building puppets and rag dolls |
Publications (2)
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EP0495945A1 true EP0495945A1 (en) | 1992-07-29 |
EP0495945B1 EP0495945B1 (en) | 1995-03-08 |
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EP91913959A Expired - Lifetime EP0495945B1 (en) | 1990-08-10 | 1991-08-08 | Kit of articulated pieces for building puppets and rag dolls |
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US (1) | US5254029A (en) |
EP (1) | EP0495945B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH05501670A (en) |
AT (1) | ATE119421T1 (en) |
CH (1) | CH680907A5 (en) |
DE (1) | DE59104887D1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1992002280A1 (en) |
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- 1991-08-08 JP JP3513107A patent/JPH05501670A/en active Pending
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EP0495945B1 (en) | 1995-03-08 |
JPH05501670A (en) | 1993-04-02 |
US5254029A (en) | 1993-10-19 |
WO1992002280A1 (en) | 1992-02-20 |
ATE119421T1 (en) | 1995-03-15 |
CH680907A5 (en) | 1992-12-15 |
DE59104887D1 (en) | 1995-04-13 |
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