| 摘要 |
<p>Relatively simple and low-cost body puppet (10) comprising a garment (12, 12A) worn about the trunk of a user which includes artwork and other indicia (14, 14A, 16, 16A, 18, 18A) depicting a humanized face and mouth. The garment (12) is formed of a substantially resilient material which when manually stretched by the hands of the user, causes the indicia (14, 14A, 16, 16A, 18, 18A) on the puppet (10) to momentarily distort and assume varying facial expressions. The body puppet (10) of the present invention is additionally adapted to serve as a teaching aid, permitting children to non-verbally communicate with others and predict and record the actual response of a viewer.</p> |
