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"To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth--all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7209181 | System and method for compositing of two or more real images in a cinematographic puppetry production An improved cinematographic system and method for multiple compositing, within a virtual studio, of an image frame or image sequence of a real/action image of an action sequence of a puppet, with another image frame or image sequence of a real/action image of the sa... | 04/24/2007 |
| 6939196 | Omnidirectional toy manipulator A hand held omnidirectional toy figure manipulator allowing an operator to manipulate a puppet like toy figure concurrently with a variety of miniature toy replica devices such as a skateboard, a surfboard, a bicycle or a motorcycle in a wide variety of associated a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 5888596 | Ghost-like decorative object Decorative structures comprising a flexible sheet-like member simulate universal conceptions of the appearance of floating and fixed ghosts. A structure for simulating a universal conception of the appearance of a floating ghost comprises a flexible sheet... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5030162 | Phantom marionette A marionette comprised of a single three dimensional object covered by a thin flexible silk-like sheet, preferably square, and connected by a filament to the center of an H-shaped handle member, with each corner of the fabric being attached to a small wei... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4578888 | Fish mobile structure A fish mobile structure adapted to be displayed in a windy environment, such as near an open window or in a patio area, or the like, is disclosed, including a plurality of segmented portions collectively forming a fish body structure, each of the segmente... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4253270 | Invisible marionette An invisible marionette comprising a pair of feet is disclosed. A hand operated manipulator including control lines which extend from the manipulator to the feet provides animation. The manipulator comprises a longitudinal member with front and rear cross... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4223475 | Marionette with strings with different degrees of elasticity A marionette which, when manipulated, has differential movement of at least one limb relative to the body of the marionette. This is accomplished by providing separate supports, i.e. strings, for the body and the limb which are characterized by being flex... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4179843 | Controller with individually or simultaneously movable arms A puppet controller including a hand manipulatable frame, a pair of arms mounted on the frame for movement relative to the frame and to each other, the arms being connectible to parts of the puppet for animating the same by arm movement, and a slidable me... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4048749 | Marionette bird A hand operated puppet which is operable from overhead puppet strings with the generally articulated figure of a bird. A plurality of styrofoam and fabric balls are strung together to form the legs and body with strips of fake fur attached to the body bal... | 09/20/1977 |
| 3981097 | Animated figure Animated caricature for television and the like including an elastic body outline and attached head outline with arms, legs and feet, the feet being adhered to an invisible stationary background and the head outline being attached at the top only to a mov... | 09/21/1976 |
