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Lace adjuster assembly including feedback assembly for use in visualizing and measuring athletic performance

  • US 10,595,581 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2015
  • Issued: 03/24/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lace adjuster assembly for selectively adjusting a shoelace of a shoe of a user, the lace adjuster assembly comprising:

  • a lace adjuster that is adapted to allow the user to selectively adjust the shoelace of the shoe of the user; and

    a feedback assembly that is mechanically coupled to the lace adjuster, the feedback assembly being configured to selectively measure statistical data of the user during an athletic performance, the feedback assembly including a sensor assembly including at least one sensor that senses at least one of a vertical acceleration and orientation information of the user during the athletic performance;

    wherein the sensor assembly further includes a controller that is electrically coupled to the at least one sensor, the controller including a processor, the controller receiving the at least one of the vertical acceleration and the orientation information from the at least one sensor and generating a first statistical data point that is based at least in part on the at least one of the vertical acceleration and the orientation information;

    wherein the sensor assembly further includes an input mechanism such that the user can input a weight of the user;

    wherein the controller is electrically coupled to the input mechanism and receives the weight of the user from the input mechanism; and

    wherein the first statistical data point that is generated by the controller is one of an energy expended and a force expended by the user during the athletic performance, the first statistical data point being based at least in part on the at least one of the vertical acceleration and the orientation information, and the weight of the user.

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