Internally Illuminated Light Diffusing Footwear

• US 20150164181A1
• Filed: 02/26/2015
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shoes by Firebug LLC
• Original Assignee: Roy Robert Smith III
• Inventors: Smith, Roy Robert III
• Granted Patent: US 9,301,574 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/36 with light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/023 Power supplies in a casing F21V23/003 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0008 Clothing or clothing accessories, e.g. scarfs, gloves or belts
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 9/00 Elements for modifying spectral properties, polarisation or intensity of the light emitted, e.g. filters coloured shades F21V1/00; elements characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/502
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/06 for personal wear
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An illumination system is housed in a footwear, the footwear including a sole and an upper. An interfacing layer and a liner form inner interior layers connected to the upper. A plurality of illumination sources are electrically connected to a power source and positioned adjacent to the liner. The illumination sources are positioned between the liner and upper. The upper has a light diffusing section. The light emitted from the plurality of illumination sources is diffused as it passes through the light diffusing section of the upper. Aesthetic designs can be creating, either through the arrangement of the plurality of illumination sources or the provision of a light impermeable section on the upper. The light impermeable section, in combination with the light diffusion section, can be used to form or outline an aesthetic design. The result is an internally illuminated footwear with diffused light.

Claims

1. An internally illuminated textile footwear comprises:

a sole and an upper;

an illumination system;

the illumination system comprises a power source and a plurality of illumination sources;

a liner;

an interfacing layer;

the interfacing layer being adjacently connected to the upper;

the interfacing layer being positioned between the liner and the upper;

the plurality of illumination sources being adjacently connected to the interfacing layer;

the plurality of illumination sources being positioned between the interfacing layer and the upper;

the upper being perimetrically connected to the sole;

the liner being positioned interior to the upper;

the upper being a light diffusing section;

the illumination system being housed within the footwear; and

the plurality of illumination sources emitting light, wherein the light enters the light diffusing section, then exits the upper as diffused light, creating a visual impression of internal radiant illumination across an outer surface of the upper.

2. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

a light diffusing layer;

the light diffusing section being configured as an at least one aesthetic cut;

the at least one aesthetic cut traversing through the upper;

the light diffusing layer being adjacently connected to the interfacing layer opposite the liner;

the light diffusing layer being configured as an aesthetic design; and

the light diffusing layer being perimetrically aligned with the at least one aesthetic cut.

3. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

a stencil layer;

the stencil layer comprises an at least one aesthetic cut;

the stencil layer being adjacently connected to the interfacing layer opposite the liner;

the at least one aesthetic cut traversing through the stencil layer;

the stencil layer being light impermeable; and

the plurality of illumination sources being positioned adjacent to the at least one aesthetic cut.

4. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

a stencil layer;

the stencil layer being adjacently connected to the interfacing layer opposite the liner;

the stencil layer being light impermeable; and

the stencil layer being configured as an aesthetic design, wherein illumination from the plurality of illumination sources delineates the aesthetic design.

5. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the power source being housed within the sole.

6. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the power source being adjacently connected to the liner; and

the power source being positioned between the liner and the upper.

7. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the plurality of illumination sources being configured into an aesthetic design.

8. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 1 comprises:

the upper further comprises a light impermeable section.

9. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 8 comprises:

the light diffusing section being configured as an aesthetic design, wherein the plurality of illumination sources illuminates the aesthetic design;

the aesthetic design being delineated by the light impermeable section; and

the plurality of illumination sources being overlapped by the light diffusing section.

10. The internally illuminated textile footwear as claimed in claim 8 comprises:

the light impermeable section being configured as an aesthetic design, wherein illumination from the plurality of illumination sources delineates the aesthetic design;

the aesthetic design being delineated by the light diffusing section; and

the plurality of illumination sources being overlapped by the light impermeable section.