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Shoe having automatic step counter
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-05-27
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Granted: 1983-09-06
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Expires: 2001-05-27
Abstract
Abstract In the sole the invention assembles a piece of electronic counter which can automatically accumulate the steps when walk. It includes a piece of touch stick which will be compressed for the action of walking with interval, apiece of knowing stick which compresses with interval to produce electronic sign, a set of apparatus which arranges above every electronic sign to be a stable electric circuit of pulse, and a set of apparatus can make electronic counter select the above-number or below-number.
Inventors
- 👤 Chyuan-Jong Wu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 15:40
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B3/00; A43B1/00; A43B1/0054; A43B3/34; A43B3/50; G; G01; G01C; G01C22/00; G01C22/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
48 words
A shoe comprising a sole and an upper, switch means operatively arranged to produce an electrical signal in response to a user taking a step, an electronic counter means for counting electrical signals from said switch means, and electronic display means responsive to output from said counter means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
48 words
A shoe comprising a sole and an upper, switch means operatively arranged to produce an electrical signal in response to a user taking a step, an electronic counter means for counting electrical signals from said switch means, and electronic display means responsive to output from said counter means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
A shoe according to claim 1, wherein said counter means includes selecting means for setting said counter means to count up or count down.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A shoe according to claim 1 or 2, including multiplying means responsive to each signal from said switch means for producing two signals for each signal received from said switch means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A shoe according to claim 3, including further switch means for selectively bypassing said multiplying means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
A shoe according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said display means is a digital display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A shoe according to claim 5, wherein said digital display is of the seven segment type.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
79 words
A shoe according to claim 1 wherein said switch means comprises: a resilient deformable cavity formed in said sole; a protruding portion of said sole, underlying said cavity; and adapted to temporarily deform said cavity during a step with said shoe; at least first and second electrically conductive contacts, disposed within said cavity such that said contacts are electrically separated when said cavity is undeformed and an electrical connection between said contacts is effected by deformation of said cavity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
A shoe according to claim 7 wherein said first contact is disposed on the upper portion of said cavity, and said second contact is disposed on the lower portion of cavity overlying said protruding portion of said sole.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The shoe of claim 7 or 8 wherein said switch means further comprises a resilient member disposed within said cavity to facilitate separation of said contacts.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The shoe of claim 7 or 8 wherein said switch means further includes an insulative member disposed in said cavity for mounting said first contact.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The shoe of claim 10 wherein said switch means further comprises a resilient member disposed within said cavity to facilitate separation of said contacts.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
49 words
A shoe according to claim 10 wherein said switch means includes a third electrically conductive contact disposed on said insulative member, offset from said first contact, but at least partially overlying said second contact, whereby said second contact selectively completes an electrical connection between said first and third contacts.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The shoe of claim 12 wherein said switch means further comprises a resilient member disposed within said cavity to facilitate separation of said contacts.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
50 words
The shoe of claim 1 or 7 wherein said electronic counter means comprises a BCD counter including a plurality of elements, each counter element corresponding to a decimal digit; and said electronic display means comprises a plurality of seven segment display elements, each coupled to an associated BCD counter element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The shoe of claim 7 or 8 wherein said switch means further comprises a pulse shaping circuit connected to at least one of said first and second contacts.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
92 words
Apparatus comprising: switch means, adapted for disposition on a shoe, for generating a pace signal in response to each step with said shoe; and an electronic device, responsive to said pace signal and including: BCD counter means, responsive to said pace signals including a plurality of elements, each element corresponding to a decimal digit, for generating a BCD count indicative of the number of paces taken with said shoe; and display means, including at least one display element corresponding to each said BCD counter elements, for providing visual indicia of said count.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
92 words
Apparatus comprising: switch means, adapted for disposition on a shoe, for generating a pace signal in response to each step with said shoe; and an electronic device, responsive to said pace signal and including: BCD counter means, responsive to said pace signals including a plurality of elements, each element corresponding to a decimal digit, for generating a BCD count indicative of the number of paces taken with said shoe; and display means, including at least one display element corresponding to each said BCD counter elements, for providing visual indicia of said count.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 16 wherein said BCD counter means comprises a presetable down-counter, adapted to initially contain a predetermined count said predetermined count being decremented in response to each said pace signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus of claim 16 or 17 wherein said electronic device further comprises: multiplier means, for generating two output signals in response to each input signal applied thereto; and means for selectively interposing said multiplier means between said switch means and said BCD counter means, to vary said BCD count by two units in response to every pacer signal.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claims 16 or 17 wherein said switch means is formed as an integral part of said shoe.
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