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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon L Bemis, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
L.A. Gear, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36137 ; 36136 ; 362103 ;
Abstract
An inertially responsive lighting system (10) for footwear has at least one electric light source (12), a battery (16), circuit means (22) to connect the battery to the light, and electro-mechanical switching means (24) disposed in the circuit means that are responsive to an inertial impulse force acting on the footwear to cause the light to flash on and off for a brief interval after the force is applied.