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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Steven Haney, Noblesville, IN (US);
Ronald Leroy Lytel, New York, NY (US);
Paul Michael Pierce, Indianapolis, IN (US);
David Evan Schultz, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne-Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 9/14 ; F04B 1/700 ; F04B 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 9/14 ; F04B 1/700 ; F04B 3/500 ;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a manually operable air pump for providing a compressed flow of air to an air motor. An electrical generator is coupled to the air motor and is powered thereby. The generator in turn provides electrical power to a portable electrical device. In one embodiment, device is disposed in a shoe and the air pumping is manually provided by the user's walking or running. In another embodiment, the air pump comprises squeegy devices for each hand of a runner or walker.