Shoe with heating unit
A shoe includes an outsole and a vamp connected to the outsole, a heating member is located in the outsole of the shoe and includes a circuit to transfer electric energy to thermal energy. A controller is connected to the shoe and is electrically connected to the heating member so as to activate the heating member to generate thermal energy. The controller includes a power source and a switch which is operated by the wearer to activate the heating member.
The present invention relates to a shoe, and more particularly, to a shoe with a heating unit received therein for providing temperature to the wearers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONConventional shoes generally include an outsole, an insole and a vamp, the vamp is connected to the outsole and the insole is located in the shoe and on the outsole. A heel is connected to the underside of the outsole. The material of the insole and vamp are designed to protect the wearer's foot and protects the wearer's foot from losing body temperature. However, if the blood circulation of the wearers is not so efficient, the feet are always cold and which make the wearers uncomfortable all day long. Although the shoes may include interior lining which only helps the wearers to keep the temperature for a while, no heat can be further provided to the wearers' feet. In other words, if the feet of the wearer are cold, then the shoes with the interior lining cannot warm the feet.
The present invention intends to provide a shoe that includes a heating member located on the insole so as to provide warm temperature to the foot.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a shoe which comprises a heating member located in the shoe and the heating member includes a circuit to transfer electric energy to thermal energy. The heating member is electrically connected to a controller via a wire. The controller includes a power source and a switch. The controller controls electric current to pass through the heating member so as to generate thermal energy.
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a shoe with a heating member which provides thermal energy to the wearer so as to warm up the foot in the shoe.
The present invention will become more obvious from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings which show, for purposes of illustration only, a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
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A heating member 13 is located in the recess 116 of the outsole member 112 and includes a circuit to transfer electric energy to thermal energy. The heating member 13 is electrically connected to a controller 14 via a wire 16, wherein the controller 14 is received in the chamber 152 in the heel 15 and the wire 16 is located within the passage. The controller 14 further includes a power source 140 and a switch 142. The controller 14 controls electric current to pass through the heating member 13 to generate thermal energy. The switch 142 can be a push-type switch or flexible film switch. The switch 142 can be accessed from outside of the heel 15 so that the wearer can manually operate the switch 142 to power the heating member 13 to warm the wearer's feet.
It is noted that the heating member 13 provides thermal energy to the feet regardless of the weather condition outside of the shoes so that the wearer is able to have desired warm anytime he or she needs. The thermal energy also keeps low humidity in the shoes and this is important for the wearers in a cold and wet weather. Because of the low humidity, odor can be eliminated and reduces germs grow in the shoes.
The power source 140 can be any known type such as rechargeable battery or replaceable batteries. The heel 15 has an opening or the like to allow the replacement of the batteries. The power source 140 can also be a generating unit which includes flexible plates and the wearer can push the flexible plates frequently to generate electric power.
While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A shoe comprising:
- a heating member located in the shoe and transferring electric energy to thermal energy, the heating member electrically connected to a controller via a wire, the controller including a power source and a switch, the controller controlling electric current to pass through the heating member so as to generate thermal energy.
2. The shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shoe comprises an outsole and a vamp which is connected to a top of the outsole.
3. The shoe as claimed in claim 2, wherein a heel is connected to an underside of the outsole.
4. The shoe as claimed in claim 2, wherein a bag is connected to an outside of the vamp and the controller is received in the bag.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 12, 2010
Publication Date: Jan 12, 2012
Inventor: Shu-Lien Chen (Taichung)
Application Number: 12/805,073