Tap-shoe tap-sound amplifying device
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1. A tap-shoe device comprising in combination:
- a shoe-like element mountable on the foot of a human being, and a audio-pickup transducer mounted on said shoe-like element positioned thereon such that when the shoe-like element is tapped or struck upon a hard surface as to produce a tap-noise, the tap-noise will be picked-up by said audio-pickup, and an electronic radio-wave transmitter and power-source means connected to said audio-pickup transducer adapted to send-out a signal pick-up by the audio pickup transducer; and
operatively connected to the audio pickup transducer, and spaced-from said electronic radio-wave transmitter and power-source a radio-wave receiver, amplifier and speaker means for receiving and amplifying and reproducing sound from said signal.
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In 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.
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1. A tap-shoe device comprising in combination:
- a shoe-like element mountable on the foot of a human being, and a audio-pickup transducer mounted on said shoe-like element positioned thereon such that when the shoe-like element is tapped or struck upon a hard surface as to produce a tap-noise, the tap-noise will be picked-up by said audio-pickup, and an electronic radio-wave transmitter and power-source means connected to said audio-pickup transducer adapted to send-out a signal pick-up by the audio pickup transducer; and
operatively connected to the audio pickup transducer, and spaced-from said electronic radio-wave transmitter and power-source a radio-wave receiver, amplifier and speaker means for receiving and amplifying and reproducing sound from said signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a shoe-like element mountable on the foot of a human being, and a audio-pickup transducer mounted on said shoe-like element positioned thereon such that when the shoe-like element is tapped or struck upon a hard surface as to produce a tap-noise, the tap-noise will be picked-up by said audio-pickup, and an electronic radio-wave transmitter and power-source means connected to said audio-pickup transducer adapted to send-out a signal pick-up by the audio pickup transducer; and
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9. A tap-shoe device comprising in combination:
- a tap suitable for mounting on a tap-shoe and a receiver and amplifier means of radio signal sendable by an audio-pickup transducer means, and said audio-pickup transducer means adapted for mounting in contact with said tap, such that a tap-sound from a tapping of the tap is picked-up by the audio-pickup transducer means and transmitted to and received and amplified by the receiver and amplifier means.
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