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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:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark R Goldston, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Jon L Bemis, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Carmen C Rapisarda, Monrovia, CA (US);
Assignee:
L.A. Gear, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362103 ; 362800 ; 36137 ;
Abstract
Footwear for improving the visibility of the wearer uses a circuit including a mechanically operated pressure switching mechanism, disposed in the footwear, to turn a lighting system off and on. The switch is responsive to pressure from the foot of the wearer. When a wearer raises a foot from the ground, the lighting system is activated. When the foot is returned to the ground, the lighting system is deactivated. The system may be disabled by removing a source of power from the circuit, or through the provision of a mechanically operable deactivation mechanism.