Allan Preston Stone

US Patent:

58218580, Oct 13, 1998

Filed:

May 28, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/864147

Inventors:

Allan J. Stone - Weston FL

Assignee:

Cobra International, Inc. - Sunrise FL

International Classification:

G08B 2300

US Classification:

340573

Abstract:

A lighted shoe apparatus includes a shoe having a shoe body, several externally visible light emitting elements mounted to the shoe body for lighting in a sequence, a logic circuit including an Or gate for supplying logic and power to the logic circuit, a clock for generating an output signal, a counter for converting the clock output signal into a number sequence, several And gates each corresponding and connected to one of the light emitting elements for receiving the number sequence and lighting the corresponding light emitting element selectively for certain numbers in the number sequence, a control switch for activating and deactivating the logic circuit, and an interconnection conductor electrically joining the Or gate and the control switch. The light emitting elements preferably each include a light emitting diode. The shoe preferably includes an insole and the control switch is preferably a pressure activated switch mounted in the insole for activation with the applied weight of the shoe wearer onto the insole.