U.S. patent application number 13/723286 was filed with the patent office on 2014-06-26 for light-emitting shoe.
This patent application is currently assigned to TERRY ELECTRONICS (S.Z) CO., LTD.. The applicant listed for this patent is TERRY ELECTRONICS (S.Z) CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to John Gou.
Application Number | 20140173942 13/723286 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50973041 |
Filed Date | 2014-06-26 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140173942 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Gou; John |
June 26, 2014 |
Light-Emitting Shoe
Abstract
The present invention relates to a light-emitting shoe, more
particularly to a shoe with a built-in decorative light-emitting
module. The light-emitting shoe comprises a sole and a
light-emitting module disposed inside the sole, wherein the
light-emitting module comprises a light-emitting controller and a
plurality of light-emitting bodies electrically connected with the
light-emitting controller, the light-emitting controller is
disposed in the sole, the plurality of light-emitting bodies are
disposed at the edge of the sole, a light-permeable cover is
further arranged at the edge of the sole and is corresponding to
the light-emitting ends of the light-emitting bodies, the
light-permeable cover is a prism with at least one irregular side
face, lights emitted by the light-emitting bodies are refracted by
the prism and then scattered out, and the refracted lights form
irregular light spots on an irradiation surface, thus improving the
light efficiency of the light-emitting shoe of the present
invention.
Inventors: |
Gou; John; (ShenZhen City,
CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
TERRY ELECTRONICS (S.Z) CO., LTD. |
ShenZhen City |
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CN |
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Assignee: |
TERRY ELECTRONICS (S.Z) CO.,
LTD.
ShenZhen City
CN
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Family ID: |
50973041 |
Appl. No.: |
13/723286 |
Filed: |
December 21, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
36/103 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A43B 3/001 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
36/103 |
International
Class: |
A43B 23/24 20060101
A43B023/24 |
Claims
1. A light-emitting shoe, comprising a sole, a light-emitting
module disposed inside the sole, the light-emitting module
comprising a light-emitting controller and a plurality of
light-emitting bodies electrically connected with the
light-emitting controller, the light-emitting controller being
disposed in the sole, and the plurality of light-emitting bodies
being disposed at the edge of the sole, a light-permeable cover,
the light-permeable cover being corresponding to the light-emitting
ends of the light-emitting bodies and being a prism with at least
one irregular side face.
2. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 1, characterized in
that: the light-permeable cover encircles the edge of the sole and
is corresponding to the light-emitting ends of the light-emitting
bodies, the outer side face of the light-permeable cover is a
smooth circular-arc face, and the inner side face of the
light-permeable cover is an irregular prism face.
3. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 1, characterized in
that: the light-permeable cover encircles the edge of the sole and
is corresponding to the light-emitting ends of the light-emitting
bodies, and both the inner side face and the outer side face of the
light-permeable cover are irregular prism faces.
4. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 1, characterized in
that: an accommodating groove is disposed at a position of heel on
the sole, and the light-emitting controller is disposed in the
accommodating groove.
5. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 4, characterized in
that: the light-emitting body is an LED bead.
6. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 5, characterized in
that: a plurality of concave bases are disposed at the edge of the
sole, and the plurality of light-emitting bodies are respectively
embedded in the concave bases in a manner of one-to-one
correspondence.
7. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 5, characterized in
that: the plurality of light-emitting bodies are electrically
connected to a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB), a slot
disposed at the edge of the sole, and the flexible printed circuit
board is embedded in the slot, the light-emitting bodies are
located at the edge of the sole, and the light-emitting ends of the
light-emitting bodies are corresponding to the outer side of the
sole.
8. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 5, characterized in
that: a vibration switch is disposed in the light-emitting
controller.
9. A light-emitting shoe according to claim 8, characterized in
that: a contact switch is electrically connected to the
light-emitting controller, and is disposed at a position of the
inner side of the light-emitting shoe where contact thereof with
the foot of wearer can be realized.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to footwear, more particularly
to a shoe with a built-in decorative light-emitting module.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Footwear and garments with flashing lights have been popular
for a number of reasons, including safety, an attractive
appearance, and simply for a novelty effect. Light-emitting shoes
become popular among children and adults due to their fashionable
appearance and safety, children who wear shoes capable of emitting
lights of various colors feel quite exciting while walking, in
addition, teenagers and youngsters, who are extremely eager for
fashion, often wear sports shoes as casual shoes and believe that
wearing sports shoes, skating shoes, boots and other footwear
decorated with a light-emitting source is a way of showing own
fashion.
[0003] The shoe that can emit light is a shoe with a light-emitting
module disposed in the body thereof, the light-emitting shoe in the
prior art is mainly featured by arranging a plurality of
light-emitting bodies at the edge of the sole or on the upper in an
embedment manner and lightening the light-emitting bodies by
extrusion to the shoe while wearing or by starting up a power
supply switch for the light-emitting bodies in a vibrating way,
wherein a light-permeable cover is disposed on the plurality of
light-emitting bodies and provides isolation-type protection for
the light-emitting bodies, however, this traditional
light-permeable cover is merely used as a protective cover capable
of light permeation, so the light efficiency of the light-emitting
shoe is achieved mainly by means of inherent characteristics of the
light-emitting bodies, in this case, single light efficiency of the
light-emitting shoe fails to satisfy people's further pursuit of
new fashion.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] The objective of the present invention is to provide a
light-emitting shoe, which is a product having identical properties
with traditional light-emitting shoe, and the technical problem to
be solved by the present invention mainly lies in the fact that:
single light efficiency of traditional light-emitting shoe is
unable to offer diversified light effects.
[0005] To solve the technical problem above, the technical proposal
adopted in the present invention is that: the present invention
provides a light-emitting shoes, comprising: [0006] a sole and a
light-emitting module disposed inside the sole, [0007] the
light-emitting module comprises a light-emitting controller and a
plurality of light-emitting bodies electrically connected with the
light-emitting controller, the light-emitting controller is
disposed in the sole, and the plurality of light-emitting bodies
are disposed at the edge of the sole, [0008] a light-permeable
cover is further arranged at the edge of the sole, and the
light-permeable cover is corresponding to the light-emitting ends
of the light-emitting bodies and is a prism with at least one
irregular side face.
[0009] Preferably: the light-permeable cover encircles the edge of
the sole and is corresponding to the light-emitting ends of the
light-emitting bodies, the outer side face of the light-permeable
cover is a smooth circular-arc face, and the inner side face of the
light-permeable cover is an irregular prism face.
[0010] Preferably: the light-permeable cover encircles the edge of
the sole and is corresponding to the light-emitting ends of the
light-emitting bodies, and both the inner side face and the outer
side face of the light-permeable cover are irregular prism
faces.
[0011] Preferably: an accommodating groove is disposed at a
position of heel on the sole, and the light-emitting controller is
disposed in the accommodating groove.
[0012] Preferably: the light-emitting body is an LED bead.
[0013] Preferably: a plurality of concave bases are disposed at the
edge of the sole, and the plurality of light-emitting bodies are
respectively embedded in the concave bases in a manner of
one-to-one correspondence.
[0014] Preferably: the plurality of light-emitting bodies are
electrically connected to a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB),
a slot is disposed at the edge of the sole, and the flexible
printed circuit board is embedded in the slot, the light-emitting
bodies are located at the edge of the sole, and the light-emitting
ends of the light-emitting bodies are corresponding to the outer
side of the sole.
[0015] Preferably: a vibration switch is disposed in the
light-emitting controller.
[0016] Preferably: a contact switch is electrically connected to
the light-emitting controller, and is disposed at a position of the
inner side of the light-emitting shoe where contact thereof with
the foot of wearer can be realized.
[0017] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the
advantages that: the light-permeable cover in a prism structure is
disposed at the edge of the sole corresponding to the
light-emitting ends of the light-emitting bodies so that lights
emitted by the light-emitting bodies are refracted by the prism and
then scattered out, and because at least one side face of the prism
is an irregular prism face, the refracted lights form irregular
light spots on an irradiation surface, thus effectively improving
the light efficiency of the light-emitting shoe of the present
invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the
light-emitting shoe of the present invention, with the sole and the
light-emitting module properly assembled.
[0019] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the assembly mode between the
light-emitting module and sole of the light-emitting shoe of the
present invention.
[0020] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the
present invention, in which a prism having an inner side face as
irregular prism face is used as the light-permeable cover.
[0021] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the
present invention, in which LED beads are disposed by connection
with the flexible printed circuit board.
[0022] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of the
present invention, in which a prism having both inner and outer
side faces as irregular prism faces is used as the light-permeable
cover.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS
[0023] The light-emitting shoe provided in the present invention
will be described below in more details with reference to FIG. 1 to
FIG. 5 and the preferred embodiments.
[0024] As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a light-emitting shoe
comprises a sole 10 and a light-emitting module 20 disposed inside
the sole 10, the light-emitting module 20 comprises a
light-emitting controller 21 and a plurality of light-emitting
bodies 22 electrically connected with the light-emitting controller
21, the light-emitting controller 21 is disposed in the sole 10,
the plurality of light-emitting bodies 22 are disposed at the edge
of the sole 10, a light-permeable cover 30 is further arranged at
the edge of the sole 10, and the light-permeable cover 30 is
corresponding to the light-emitting ends of the light-emitting
bodies 22 and is a prism with at least one irregular side face. The
light-permeable cover 30 in a prism structure is disposed at the
edge of the sole 10 corresponding to the light-emitting ends of the
light-emitting bodies 22 so that lights emitted by the
light-emitting bodies 22 can be refracted by the prism, and because
at least one side face of the prism is an irregular prism face, the
refracted lights form irregular light spots on an irradiation
surface, thus effectively improving the light efficiency of the
light-emitting shoe of the present invention.
[0025] As shown in FIG. 3, the light-permeable cover 30 encircles
the edge of the sole 10 and is corresponding to the light-emitting
ends of the light-emitting bodies 22, the outer side face 31a of
the light-permeable cover 30 is a smooth circular-arc face, and the
inner side face 32a of the light-permeable cover 30 is an irregular
prism face.
[0026] As shown in FIG. 5, the light-permeable cover 30 encircles
the edge of the sole 10 and is corresponding to the light-emitting
ends of the light-emitting bodies 22, and both the inner side face
32b and the outer side face 31b of the light-permeable cover 30 are
irregular prism faces.
[0027] As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, an accommodating groove 11 is
disposed at a position of heel on the sole 10, and the
light-emitting controller 21 is disposed in the accommodating
groove 11. The thickness of heel is generally more than that of
shoe sole, so by arranging the accommodating groove 11, for
accommodating the light-emitting controller 21, at the position of
heel, the light-emitting controller 21 can be hidden in the sole 10
without changing the shape of the shoe as much as possible.
[0028] The light-emitting body 22 as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 is
an LED bead.
[0029] As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of concave bases 12 are
disposed at the edge of the sole 10, and the plurality of
light-emitting bodies 22 are respectively embedded in the concave
bases 12 in a manner of one-to-one correspondence. By arranging the
concave bases 12, the light-emitting bodies 22 can be put under the
fixed protection of the concave bases 12 while being located, and
two sides of each concave base 12 can protect the light-emitting
bodies 22 from stamping of human foot on the sole.
[0030] As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the plurality of
light-emitting bodies 22 are electrically connected to a flexible
printed circuit board (FPCB) 23, a slot 13 is disposed at the edge
of the sole 10, and the flexible printed circuit board 23 is
embedded in the slot 13, the light-emitting bodies 22 are located
at the edge of the sole 10, and the light-emitting ends of the
light-emitting bodies 22 are corresponding to the outer side of the
sole 10. Arrangement of the light-emitting bodies 22 becomes more
convenient owing to the flexible printed circuit board 23.
[0031] In a preferred embodiment: a vibration switch is disposed in
the light-emitting controller, and via this vibration switch, the
light-emitting shoe of the present invention is powered on and
operates only in case of vibration, which prevents the shoe from
power loss during idling.
[0032] As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, a contact switch 24
is electrically connected to the light-emitting controller, and may
be disposed at a position of the inner side of the light-emitting
shoe where contact thereof with the foot of wearer can be realized,
in this way, the shoe that is worn can be further enabled to start
operating only because the contact switch 24 is triggered, instead
of being powered on and operating for other reasons, such as
transport.
[0033] To sum up, the inventive objective above can be effectively
and fully fulfilled by the technical proposal of the present
invention, and structural and functional principles of the present
invention have been completely verified in the embodiments so as to
achieve the anticipated efficiency and objective, in addition,
variations to the embodiments of the present invention could also
be made in accordance with these principles, thus the present
invention includes all substitution contents within the scope
mentioned in the patent scope. Any equivalent variation made within
the patent scope of the present invention shall fall within the
patent scope of this application.
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