ILLUMINATED SHOE
In one embodiment, the Illuminated Shoe incorporates an Illumination Apparatus System. The base comprises a peripheral housing member and a sole. The PCB film upon which a plurality of individual LED lights are affixed and through which a battery is in communication. The PCB can also be used to assemble the LED lights for positioning on the sides of the shoes in a similar fashion as the soles. The peripheral housing member encases the sole. It should be noted that the illuminated shoe can be fabricated in a panoply of different styles such as high-top basketball shoes, or low-rise tennis shoes.
The present invention is in the area of shoes, and more specifically pertains to a shoe capable of emitting light from a plurality of regions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMost people purchase shoes based upon two overarching criteria: fashion and function. For purchasers that place more emphasis on function, factors that can figure largely into their selection include safety, comfort, and how the personal morphologies of their feet match the shoe. And for the fashion-forward purchasers, style is the paramount characteristic.
One particularly fastidious type of functional purchaser are the joggers, athletically-inclined people, and those whose jobs require heavy-duty lifting and other strenuous activities. Among their chief concerns is alerting drivers at night their presence to avoid collisions. For this reason, many shoes are outfitted with reflective surfaces with the goal of safety in mind.
For the more fashion-forward types, shoes which embrace a certain amount of panache is desired. Accordingly, many shoe manufacturers have incorporated various lighting mechanisms within their shoes to offer a unique look for their shoes at night.
As such, what is needed in the marketplace is a shoe which offers both safety, and aesthetic qualities to appeal to a wide range of people. Such a shoe should offer the safety of jogging at night through illuminated means to alert oncoming cars of their presence. And along those same lines, such a shoe should also enable a unique way of emitting those lights.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn an embodiment, the Illuminated Shoe includes a series of light array areas. One light array area is disposed around the sole of a shoe and sheathed in PCB film around the periphery of a person's feet. Other arrays of lights may be disposed on regions above the sole, such as the mid-portions of the shoe.
The features and advantages described in this summary and the following detailed description are not all-inclusive. Many additional features and advantages will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art in view of the drawings, specification, and claims thereof.
The figures depict various embodiments of the present invention for purposes of illustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the following discussion that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the invention described herein.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTSAccording to an embodiment of the present invention, a unique Illuminated Shoe is used to provide a series of illuminated lights around a shoe for the purpose of fashion, or safety precautions for joggers or pedestrians. The present system is described in enabling detail below.
The shoe comprises a base 110, a first covering 111 and an upper covering 112.
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The LED Function controller controls the frequency of the pulses of light when the lights are illuminated in a flashing, or similar pulsating bursts. It should be noted that the LED Function controller may enable the peripheral LED lights to continuously illuminate as well. Various types of pulses can be ordered which may appear that the lights are moving or traversing from one end of the shoe to the opposite end. Other programmed rhythms may be incorporated as well.
The foregoing description of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purpose of illustration. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms herein disclosed. Persons skilled in the relevant art can appreciate that many modifications and variations are possible in light of the foregoing teachings. It is therefore intended that the scope of the invention be limited not by this detailed description, but rather by the claims appended hereto.
Claims
1. A Illuminated Shoe comprising:
- a Shoe, and an Illumination Apparatus System;
- the shoe comprises a base, a first covering and an upper covering;
- the base comprises a peripheral housing member and a sole;
- the peripheral housing member encases the sole;
- the illumination apparatus system comprises a switch, at least one battery wire, at least one battery, at least one switch, at least one switch wire, a side panel LED series, at least one LED Series Wire, a peripheral sole illumination apparatus;
- the peripheral sole illumination apparatus comprises a film assemblage,
- the film assemblage comprises a series of sole LED lights which are disposed on a film and spaced from each other on the film;
- the film is sandwiched between the peripheral housing member and the base.
2. The Illuminated Shoe of claim 1 further comprising a USB connection apparatus.
3. The Illuminated Shoe of claim 1 wherein the film assemblage is comprised of PCB Film.
4. The Illuminated Shoe of claim 1 further comprising a battery IC chip.
5. The Illuminated Shoe of claim 1 wherein the system is capable of emitting light from the LED's in bursts.
6. The Illuminated Shoe of claim 1 wherein the shoe further comprises a tongue; the switch is disposed within the tongue.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 7, 2012
Publication Date: Jun 12, 2014
Inventor: Jill Kim (Los Angeles, CA)
Application Number: 13/708,926
International Classification: A43B 23/24 (20060101);