Larry A Laurain

51686430, Dec 8, 1992

Feb 25, 1991

7/659632

Larry G. Laurain - New Boston MI

A43B 1300

36 25R

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.

20140373772, Dec 25, 2014

Jun 21, 2013

13/986987

Larry G. Laurain - Beaver Island MI, US

G01K 11/06

116216

A failure indicator for informing an observer that a freezer has failed and food in the freezer is not fit to eat comprising: a closed transparent tubular housing, a resilient removable wire bracket for mounting the failure indicator for rotation about a pair of crossed vertical and horizontal axes 180 degrees between a vertical set-up position and a vertical operating position; a suction cup for attaching the indicator to an inside surface of the freezer; a pair of cup shaped end caps for sealing opposite end portions of the tubular housing; a cup shaped spacer in the interior of the tubular housing for dividing the tubular housing into a fluid storage space and a failure signaling space, having a group of small apertures for allowing fluid from the fluid storage space to enter the failure signaling space; an opaque label surrounding the tubular housing; and a colored fluid in the housing for signaling whether the freezer has failed and food in the freezer is not fit to eat.