Step-counting shoe

• US 4,019,030 A
• Filed: 11/03/1975
• Issued: 04/19/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Farouq M. Tamiz
• Original Assignee: Farouq M. Tamiz
• Inventors: Tamiz, Farouq M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Witkowski, Stanley J.
• Application Number:
  US05/627,897
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 235/105, 235/1 C, 235/91 R, 36/34 R, 36/83, 36/136
• US Class Current: 235/105
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/00 Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 22/006 Pedometers

Abstract

A device for the recording of the number of steps taken by a pedestrian incorporates a digital incremental counter in the heel -- or attached to the heel -- of a shoe. An operating member projects below the heel and initiates actuation of the counter each time the heel is brought into contact with the ground. Reading the digital display at the beginning and at the end of a stage in a trip yields the number of steps taken and a rough measure of the distance traversed. A reset lever or button may also be provided to zero the display at the start of the measurement cycle.

Claims

1. A step-counting shoe comprising:

a shoe member provided with heel means;

said heel means having hollowed portion means;

step-counting means disposed within the hollowed portion means and secured to said heel means;

operating means, reciprocally displaceable between non-counting and counting positions, for actuating said step-counting means;

said operating means being disposed within said hollowed portion means and including pin means extending through an aperture in the base of said heel means in the non-counting position; and

means for biasing said operating means to the non-counting position.

2. The step-counting shoe of claim 1 wherein said step-counting means is a digital incremental counter equipped with an input shaft.

3. The step-counting shoe of claim 2 wherein said operating means includes lever arm means with one end of said lever arm means being secured to said pin means and the other end of said lever arm means being secured to said input shaft with said lever arm means actuating the input shaft to advance the digital counter by a single digit upon inward movement of said pin means to the counting position.

4. The step-counting shoe of claim 3 which includes yieldable sealing means for sealing the aperture in the base of said heel means about said pin means to prevent outside elements from entering said hollowed portion means.

5. The step-counting shoe of claim 3 wherein yieldable cap means enclose the base of said heel means.

6. The step-counting shoe of claim 3 wherein the pin means is releasably and adjustably secured to said lever arm means.

7. The step-counting shoe of claim 3 wherein the means for biasing the operating means to the non-counting position comprises spring means disposed in said hollowed portion means and acting on said lever arm means.