Footwear for training or learning how to march in a group
OwnerChristopher C. Wikeinventor
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Abstract
Footwear that generates sound when an individual completes a proper marching step includes a toe strike plate disposed a toe step surface and a heel strike plate disposed a heel step surface. The strike plates produce an identifiable sound when they contact the ground during a marching step. The produced sound is used to improve marching technique and to synchronize marching steps. Methods of training and learning how to march in a group with the footwear are also described.
Claims14
A method for training a marching group, the method comprising:
- one or more members of the marching group donning footwear including a toe portion having a toe step surface, a heel portion having a heel step surface, a toe strike plate disposed on said toe step surface, and a heel strike plate disposed on said heel step surface;
- instructing the one or more members to perform a sequence of marching steps;
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- instructing the one or more members to adjust his or her marching steps to produce sound from at least one of said toe strike plate and said heel strike plate in synch with the sound produced from at least one of said toe strike plate and said heel strike plate of another member of the marching group.
A method for training a marching group, the method comprising:
- attaching a toe strike plate to a toe portion of the footwear of one or more members of the marching group to dispose said toe strike plate on a toe step surface of said footwear;
- attaching a heel strike plate to a heel portion of said footwear of one or more members of the marching group to dispose said heel strike plate on a heel step surface of said footwear;
- instructing the one or more members to perform a sequence of marching steps;
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- instructing the one or more members to adjust his or her marching steps to produce sound from at least one of said toe strike plate and said heel strike plate in synch with the sound produced from at least one of said toe strike plate and said heel strike plate of another member of the marching group.
A method for learning to march in a group, the method comprising:
- attaching a strike plate to one or both of a toe step portion and a heel step portion of one's footwear such that said strike plate is disposed on one or both of a toe step surface and a heel step surface;
- performing a sequence of marching steps;
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- adjusting one's marching steps to produce sound from said strike plate in synch with sound produced from a strike plate of another member of the marching group.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.