Athletic or other performance sensing systems
First Claim
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper member at least partially defining a foot-receiving chamber;
a sole structure engaged with the upper member, wherein the sole structure includes an exterior outsole surface and an impact-attenuating member located between the outsole surface and the foot-receiving chamber, wherein a major surface of the impact-attenuating member has an opening or recess defined therein; and
a housing provided in the opening or recess, wherein the housing defines a receptacle and the receptacle has an opening for removably receiving an electronic module facing the foot-receiving chamber.
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Abstract
Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices include: (a) a housing, optionally an asymmetrical housing, for receiving an electronic module; (b) release mechanisms for removably mounting the module in the housing; and/or (c) activation/authentication systems for selectively activating the module. Additionally, methods of making articles of footwear or other structures that include such housings, electronic modules, release systems, activation systems, authentication systems, etc. are described. Performance sensing systems and methods of using the above devices for sensing performance characteristics also are described.
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76 Claims
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1. An article of footwear, comprising:
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an upper member at least partially defining a foot-receiving chamber;
a sole structure engaged with the upper member, wherein the sole structure includes an exterior outsole surface and an impact-attenuating member located between the outsole surface and the foot-receiving chamber, wherein a major surface of the impact-attenuating member has an opening or recess defined therein; and
a housing provided in the opening or recess, wherein the housing defines a receptacle and the receptacle has an opening for removably receiving an electronic module facing the foot-receiving chamber.
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2. An article of footwear, comprising:
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an upper member at least partially defining a foot-receiving chamber;
a sole structure engaged with the upper member, wherein the sole structure includes an exterior outsole surface and an impact-attenuating member located between the outsole surface and the foot-receiving chamber, wherein a major surface of the impact-attenuating member has an opening or recess defined therein;
a housing provided in the opening or recess, wherein the housing defines a receptacle facing the foot-receiving chamber; and
an object removably mounted in the receptacle, wherein the object is selected from the group of;
an electronic module and a fill element. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A physical or physiological parameter sensing system, comprising:
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an article of footwear, including;
(a) an upper member at least partially defining a foot-receiving chamber, (b) a sole structure engaged with the upper member, wherein the sole structure includes an exterior outsole surface and an impact-attenuating member located between the outsole surface and the foot-receiving chamber, wherein a major surface of the impact-attenuating member has an opening or recess defined therein, and (c) a housing provided in the opening or recess, wherein the housing defines a receptacle facing the foot-receiving chamber;
an electronic module provided in the housing, wherein the electronic module provides data relating to at least one physical or physiological parameter associated with use of the article of footwear; and
a transmission system operatively coupled to the electronic module for transmitting data relating to the physical or physiological parameter associated with use of the article of footwear. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A pair of shoes, comprising:
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a first shoe including;
(a) a first upper member at least partially defining a first foot-receiving chamber, (b) a first sole structure engaged with the first upper member, wherein the first sole structure includes a first exterior outsole surface and a first impact-attenuating member located between the first outsole surface and the first foot-receiving chamber, wherein a major surface of the first impact-attenuating member has a first opening or a first recess defined therein, and (c) a first housing provided in the first opening or first recess, wherein the first housing defines a first receptacle facing the first foot-receiving chamber;
a second shoe including a second upper member at least partially defining a second foot-receiving chamber and a second sole structure engaged with the second upper member; and
an object removably mounted in the first receptacle, wherein the object is selected from the group of;
a first electronic module and a first fill element. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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