Apparatus attachable to a shoe for deploying a rescue signal

Claim 3

A rescue apparatus comprising signalling means for providing a signal upon the manual activation thereof and further for providing a signal upon the failure to respond to an alarm indication means adapted to indicate a cessation of a predetermined amount of time, wherein the signalling means further comprises display means for depicting a time remaining in the predetermined amount of time.

Claim 4

A rescue apparatus comprising signalling means for providing a signal upon the manual activation thereof and further for providing a signal upon the failure to respond to an alarm indication means adapted to indicate a cessation of a predetermined amount of time, wherein the signalling means further comprises display means for depicting a time remaining in the predetermined amount of time.

Claim 5

A rescue apparatus comprising signalling means for providing a signal upon the manual activation thereof and further for providing a signal upon the failure to respond to an alarm indication means adapted to indicate a cessation of a predetermined amount of time; a housing adapted to attach to a conventional shoe and further contain the signalling means and alarm indication means, wherein the housing comprises a base with a generally rectangular configuration having an arcuate outboard surface, an arcuate inboard surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of side edges defining an interior space for containing the signalling means and alarm indication means, the inboard surface having an opening formed therein with a removable arcuate cover for allowing selective access to the interior space, the base further comprising a pair of generally rectangular strips coupled to a lower extent of the side edges and extended horizontally therefrom, the strips each having a plurality of linearly aligned buttons coupled thereto and a tab formed at a central extent thereof and extended downward therefrom with each tab having an axially aligned aperture formed therein, the base also comprising a lip extending upwardly from the top surface and coinciding with the outboard surface thereof, the lip having a plurality of horizontal members coupled thereto and extending in an inboard radial direction and a plurality of flanges coupled to an inboard end of each horizontal member and extending downwardly in a skewed outboard direction thereby defining a slot, whereby the inboard surface of the base is adapted to abut a rear extent of a shoe with the strips extending along each side extent thereof; a restraining unit comprising an annular band having a top periphery and a bottom periphery with the top periphery having a smaller circumference than the bottom periphery whereby the annular band is adapted to be slidably inserted within the slot of the base, the annular band having a pair of clips attached to a front extent thereof for allowing the coupling and decoupling thereof, the annular band further comprising a pair of generally triangular members attached at a tip end thereof to the front extent of the band and extended downwardly therefrom with a plurality of linearly aligned buttonholes releasably coupleable to the buttons disposed on the strips of the base, whereby the restraining unit is adapted to secure about a portion of the shoe corresponding to an ankle of a user and further bind the base to the shoe; and a metal rod with a threaded end and a bolt end adapted to insert within a lateral bore formed in a heel of the shoe and further within the apertures of the tabs located on the strips, the rod further comprising a nut for coupling with the threaded end of the rod and firmly fastening the base to the shoe.

Claim 6

A rescue apparatus comprising signalling means for providing a signal upon the manual activation thereof and further for providing a signal upon the failure to respond to an alarm indication means adapted to indicate a cessation of a predetermined amount of time; a housing adapted to attach to a conventional shoe and further contain the signalling means and alarm indication means, wherein the housing comprises a base with a generally rectangular configuration having an arcuate outboard surface, an arcuate inboard surface, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of side edges defining an interior space for containing the signalling means and alarm indication means, the inboard surface having an opening formed therein with a removable arcuate cover for allowing selective access to the interior space, the base further comprising a pair of generally rectangular strips coupled to a lower extent of the side edges and extended horizontally therefrom, the strips each having a plurality of linearly aligned buttons coupled thereto and a tab formed at a central extent thereof and extended downward therefrom with each tab having an axially aligned aperture formed therein, the base also comprising a lip extending upwardly from the top surface and coinciding with the outboard surface thereof, the lip having a plurality of horizontal members coupled thereto and extending in an inboard radial direction and a plurality of flanges coupled to an inboard end of each horizontal member and extending downwardly in a skewed outboard direction thereby defining a slot, whereby the inboard surface of the base is adapted to abut a rear extent of a shoe with the strips extending along each side extent thereof; a restraining unit comprising an annular band having a top periphery and a bottom periphery with the top periphery having a smaller circumference than the bottom periphery whereby the annular band is adapted to be slidably inserted within the slot of the base, the annular band having a pair of clips attached to a front extent thereof for allowing the coupling and decoupling thereof, the annular band further comprising a pair of generally triangular members attached at a tip end thereof to the front extent of the band and extended downwardly therefrom with a plurality of linearly aligned buttonholes releasably coupleable to the buttons disposed on the strips of the base, whereby the restraining unit is adapted to secure about a portion of the shoe corresponding to an ankle of a user and further bind the base to the shoe; and a metal rod with a threaded end and a bolt end adapted to insert within a lateral bore formed in a heel of the shoe and further within the apertures of the tabs located on the strips, the rod further comprising a nut for coupling with the threaded end of the rod and firmly fastening the base to the shoe.