Sound absorbing shoes

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1991-02-25

1992-12-08

Meyers, Steven N.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

Soles

Rope

36113, 36116, A43B 1300

Patent

active

051686430

ABSTRACT:
A hunter's shoe for concealing the presence of a hunter by absorbing airborne noises caused by the contact of the shoes with ground objects such as fallen branches, twigs and leaves. In the first aspect of the invention, a detachable sound absorber is combined with a conventional hunter's shoe. The sound absorber is comprised of a heel absorber, a sole absorber joined to the heel absorber, a flexible heel pad joined to the lower surface of the heel absorber and extending around the perimeter of the heel absorber, a flexible sole pad joined to the lower surface of the sole absorber and extending around the perimeter of the sole absorber; an ankle strap attached to the heel absorber and a toe strap attached to the sole absorber. The heel and sound absorber is comprised of rigid housings joined together by a flexible member and filled with a sound absorbing material. In the second aspect of the invention, a sound absorber is made integral with a hunter's shoe. The sound absorber comprises a sound absorbing material stored in the heel and sole of the shoe.

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patent: 4893421 (1990-01-01), Folks
patent: 4896439 (1990-01-01), Morgan

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