LIGHTED FOOTWEAR

摘要

A display apparatus for lighted footwear, having a spring switch, a battery-powered integrated circuit sealingly encapsulated, a plurality of illuminators, and a wiring harness connecting the illuminators to points of the integrated circuit, the integrated circuit being configured for activating the illuminators in a sequential pattern that can include repeated activation cycles when the spring switch is subjected to an effective acceleration. The display apparatus preferably includes the battery being sealingly encapsulated together with the spring switch and the integrated circuit; an ON/OFF switch can be included for selectively producing a deep sleep state of the integrated circuit that is unresponsive to the spring switch. Also disclosed is footwear incorporating the display apparatus, wherein the encapsulated enclosure is located within a sole heel portion of the shoe, and the illuminators are distributed on the footwear for external view.

主权项

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a. a circuit module comprising:
i. an inertia switch comprising a stationary element and an elastic element, the elements being electrically conductive and making contact when the inertia switch is subjected to an effective acceleration;ii. a logic circuit electrically connected to the inertia switch;iii. a battery for powering the integrated circuit; andiv. an enclosure sealingly encapsulating the inertia switch and the logic circuit b. a plurality of illuminators; and c. a wiring harness connected to the illuminators outside the enclosure and having an end portion sealingly extending into the enclosure and connecting the illuminators to plural points of the logic circuit, the logic circuit being configured for activating the illuminators in a predetermined activation sequence upon the inertia switch being subjected to the effective acceleration, the activation sequence comprising a repeated plurality of activation cycles, successive activation cycles being spaced by an inter-cycle rest interval.