Novelty shoe

• US 5,839,211 A
• Filed: 11/22/1994
• Issued: 11/24/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The KEDS Corporation (Wolverine World Wide Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The KEDS Corporation (Wolverine World Wide Inc.)
• Inventors: Pallera, Jane
• Primary Examiner(s): PATTERSON, MARIE D
• Application Number:
  US08/343,201
• Time in Patent Office: 1,463 Days
• Field of Search: 36/1, 36/132, 36/136, 36/137, 2/115, 2/209.13, 2/244, 2/245
• US Class Current: 36/136
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0072 made at least partially of transparent or translucent materials
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/24 Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0078 provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration A43B23/24 takes precedence

Abstract

A shoe includes a sole, an upper mounted on the sole, and a display assembly. The display assembly includes an outer translucent member with a perimeter region fixedly attached to an outer surface of the upper and a central portion raised from a plane of the outer surface to provide a sealed compartment. A decorative element is disposed within the compartment and sized to move freely therewithin, the central portion of the outer translucent member permitting visual inspection of the decorative element within the compartment.

Claims

1. A shoe comprising a sole, a shoe upper mounted on the sole, and a display assembly attached upon an outer surface of said shoe upper,

said display assembly comprising:

an outer member comprising a translucent wall at least partially defining a sealed compartment having an arbitrary shape that is defined by dimensions of width, thickness and length, said translucent wall comprising a central portion and generally upstanding sidewalls extending about the periphery of said central portion, said sealed compartment being free of liquid, and

at least one solid decorative device disposed within said sealed compartment,

said translucent wall permitting viewing of said at least one decorative device disposed within said sealed compartment, and

said at least one solid decorative device having dimensions of width, thickness and length, the width of said at least one decorative device being significantly less than the width of the sealed compartment, the thickness of said at least one decorative device being significantly less that the thickness of said sealed compartment, and the length of said at least one solid decorative device being significantly less than the length of said sealed compartment, in a combined dimensional relationship selected to permit free movement of said solid decorative device within said sealed compartment.

2. The shoe of claim 1 wherein said outer translucent member has a dome shape.

3. The shoe of claim 1 wherein said display assembly is joined to the upper by stitches.

4. The shoe of claim 1 wherein said solid decorative device disposed within said sealed compartment comprises a plurality of discrete luminescent elements containing a glow pigment for causing said discrete luminescent elements to glow in the dark.

5. The shoe of claim 1 wherein said at least one solid decorative device disposed within said sealed compartment comprises a picture.