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US 6,711,833 B1Granted
Tap shoe and fastening assembly and method for attaching tap to dance shoe
OwnerLisias Ransaninventor
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Abstract
A tap shoe assembly is disclosed wherein screws pass through the tap and an intermediate resilient composition material and into conically-shaped nuts embedded in the sole of the shoe.
Claims6
A tap shoe assembly comprising:
- a sole having conically shaped holes therethrough;
- a tap;
- a resilient material positioned between the sole and the tap;
- a plurality of screws positioned through holes in the resilient material and tap;
- nuts provided on the side of the sole remote from the resilient material for receiving the screws;
- said nuts having conically-shaped surfaces mating with the conically shaped surfaces of holes in the sole.
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A method of fastening a tap to a shoe, comprising the steps of:
- providing a sole in the shoe;
- which sole has holes therethrough having conical surfaces;
- proving a tap having holes therethrough having conical surfaces;
- positioning a resilient material between the tap and the sole;
- and
- fastening the tap to the sole with a fastening means having conical surfaces mating with the conical surfaces of the holes in the sole and tap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.