Marionette toy

Abstract

A marionette toy is provided with a container to accommodate a marionette, a lid for the container, a plurality of suspending members and a driving mechanism. One end of each of the suspending members one is connected to the marionette to suspend the marionette. The driving mechanism drives at least one of the suspending members and is arranged inside the lid.

1 . A marionette toy comprising:
 a container to accommodate a marionette;   a lid for said container;   a plurality of suspending members one end of each of which is connected to said marionette to suspend said marionette; and   a driving mechanism which drives at least one of said plurality of suspending members and is arranged inside said lid.   
   
   
       2 . The toy according to  claim 1 , wherein
 said driving mechanism comprises control means which starts operation upon detection of a sound, stops operation after having operated for a predetermined period of time, and shifts to a power saving mode when a sound not less than a threshold is not input for not less than a predetermined period of time after stopping, and   said plurality of suspending members have such lengths that at least while said driving mechanism is stopped, two feet of said marionette are spaced apart from a bottom of said container.   
   
   
       3 . The toy according to  claim 1 , wherein
 said plurality of suspending members include   a first string which suspends a right hand of said marionette,   a second string which suspends a left hand of said marionette,   a third string which suspends a right foot of said marionette, and   a fourth string which suspends a left foot of said marionette, and   said third string and said fourth string are located in front of said first string and said second string with respect to a front side of a main body of said marionette.   
   
   
       4 . The toy according to  claim 3 , wherein said driving mechanism includes
 a first seesaw member with one end which locks said first string and the other end which locks said second string,   a second seesaw member with one end which locks said third string and the other end which locks said fourth string,   driving means which drives said first seesaw member, and   motion converting means which transfers motion of said first seesaw member to said second seesaw member and changes a moving direction of said second seesaw member to be different from a moving direction of said first seesaw member.   
   
   
       5 . The toy according to  claim 4 , wherein
 said motion converting means includes   a first shaft member which serves as a pivot shaft of said first seesaw member,   a second shaft member which is arranged parallel to said first shaft member, coupled to said first shaft member through a coupling member, and moves along a circular arc when said first seesaw member seesaws, and   a third shaft member which is arranged parallel to said first shaft member and serves as a pivot shaft of said second seesaw member, and   said second shaft member engages with said second seesaw member, and when said second shaft member moves along the circular arc, said second seesaw member seesaws about said third shaft member as a center.   
   
   
       6 . The toy according to  claim 4 , wherein said first string and said second string are respectively locked by said first seesaw member through locking members that can be removed from said first seesaw member. 
   
   
       7 . The toy according to  claim 4 , wherein said third string and said fourth string are respectively locked by said second seesaw member through locking members that can be removed from said second seesaw member.