Tap-shoe tap-sound amplifying device
Patent 5001852 Issued on March 26, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: 
March 26, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
March 26, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 2320560 2940184 3702999 Devices relating to hooves Musical shoe Method of assessing performance potential of a quadruped Shoe having automatic step counter Taps for dancing Patent #: 4463506 InventorApplicationNo. 656904 filed on 10/02/1984US Classes:36/139, Noise maker36/8.3, Dancing168/4, SHOES381/87, HAVING NON-ELECTRICAL FEATURE (E.G., MOUNTING)455/100Body attached or connectedExaminersPrimary: Schroeder, Werner H.Assistant: Meyers, Steven N. Foreign Patent References
International ClassesA43B 005/12H04M 001/05 H04B 001/034 AbstractIn a preferred embodiment, a pair of tap shoes each having toe and heel taps, associated with each tap there being an audio-pickup transducer mounted one adjacent each tap, connected by signal-carrying wiring to a common electronic radio-wave transmitter and power-source mechanism that receives and sends the signal received from the respective transducers to a radio-wave receiver and amplifying and speaker mechanism spaced-away from the tap shoes such that tapping sounds of the taps on a hard surface are received, amplified and broadcast through speakers. | |
