摘要 |
<p>A costume replicating a large animal having a head portion with a mouth, a neck portion, a body portion, leg portions, and a tail portion and constituted, as a whole, of a skeletal part and a skin part covering it, wherein the interiors of the body portion and the leg portions communicate to form a cavity large enough to receive a standing adult, and a wearable frame is secured to the skeletal part of the costume at a position substantially corresponding to the balance point of the costume in the cavity. A means for operating the movement of the head portion and the neck portion, and a means for opening/closing the mouth portion of the head portion, are provided in the cavity. The skeletal part of the tail portion is constituted of flexible plate-shaped members disposed in the cavity of the tail portion so as to immitate the skeleton of the tail portion, and a plurality of blocks of foam material are positioned and affixed between the plate-shaped members at fixed intervals. A full-scale costume of large animal performing real movement or capable of performing real movement is provided.</p> |