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US 7,001,238 B1Granted
Clapping apparatus
OwnerManuel Gonzalezinventor
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Abstract
A clapping apparatus preferably having a knob like handle securely fastened to a clapping plate. The clapping plate preferably having a recessed area with air holes placed though the clapping plate enabling air to fill the void created when two contacting clapping plates are rapidly pulled away from one another.
Claims5
A clapping apparatus comprising:
- a clapping plate comprising a planar striking surface and a planar back side;
- a planar area defined centrally in and recessed below said planar striking surface;
- at least one air hole disposed in said recessed planar area and completely penetrating orthogonally through said clapping plate;
- and
- a knob secured to said planar backside of said clapping plate.
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A method for generating a simulated clapping sound, the method comprising the steps of:
- disposing a first clapping apparatus in a first hand;
- disposing a second clapping apparatus in a second hand;
- providing mutually contactable planar striking surfaces on each of the clapping apparatuses, each striking surface having a recessed planar area at a substantially central portion of the mutually contactable planar surface;
- defining at least one hole through each of the clapping apparatuses within said recessed area;
- striking the planar striking surface of first clapping apparatus against the planar striking surface of the second clapping apparatus;
- and
- rapidly separating the striking surfaces.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.