Over-the-shoe dance tap attachment
OwnerMatthew A. Schroepferinventor
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Abstract
An over-the-shoe tap plate carrying accessory slipper for tap dancers is a unitary molded slipper made of a stretchable elastic material having a top strap held relative to a sole by upright straps, and being stretchable to fit over a street shoe. The accessory slipper carries heel and toe tap plates that are removably affixed to the bottom of the sole of the accessory slipper, and which are attached with screws that are threaded into embedded nuts in the sole.
Claims7
An over-the-shoe dance tap accessory slipper comprising a single flexible elastic slipper having a unitary toe portion and a heel portion, and a top strap held relative to the sole by spaced upright straps and extends from a heel to a toe, the top strap being stretchable such that the toe portion can be stretched relative to the heel portion to permit insertion of a standard shoe, the toe strap fitting over a portion of the toe of a standard shoe when in place, a toe tap plate and a heel tap plate positioned only at bottom of the toe portion and the bottom of the heel portion of the accessory slipper, respectively, and removable fasteners to removably secure the tap plates to the bottom of the heel portion and the bottom of the toe portion, respectively.
An over-the-shoe slipper comprising a unitary elastomeric sole and upper and being stretchable to fit over a shoe, a toe tap plate removably fixed to a bottom surface of a toe portion of the sole, and a heel tap plate removably fixed to a bottom surface of a heel portion of the sole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.