PERFORMANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME

摘要

An athletic performance and entertainment device for use on footwear, for example, children shoes. More particularly, an entertainment device (110) which can be attached to the tongue-area (120) of a shoe for providing feedback to a user based on the user's performance during a selected physical activity. The user selects which activity he or she whishes to perform and presses the appropriate function button (140) on the device. The wearer then performs the selected physical activity and the wearer's performance level is indicated by LEDs (150) disposed on the device. A speaker may also be disposed on the device to provide audible feedback to the user. The device keeps track of improvements in performance by promoting the wearer through various award levels (170) as performance increases, until all award levels have been mastered. A novel closure system (410) according to the present invention allows the device of the present invention to be disposed on the tongue (120) of an article of footwear so that the closure system does not obstruct the wearer's view of the device.