Musical shoe

• US 4,043,241 A
• Filed: 08/02/1976
• Issued: 08/23/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Teh-Tseng Huang
• Original Assignee: Hsing-Ching Liu
• Inventors: Liu, Hsing-Ching
• Primary Examiner(s): Witkowski, Stanley J.
• Application Number:
  US05/710,381
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 35/5, 46/174, 46/175 R, 46/232, 84/1.01, 84/1.09, 84/1.1, 84/1.27, 84/433, 84/470, 84/DIG. 7, 84/DIG. 8, 84/DIG. 20, 36/112, 36/139, 128/382, 128/383, 273/1 E
• US Class Current: 84/718
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/50 with sound or music sources
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/12 Dancing shoes
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/32 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/336 Control shoe or boot, i.e. sensor-equipped lower part of lower limb, e.g. shoe, toe ring, sock, ankle bracelet or leg control attachment garment sensors G10H2220/321; floor sensing devices, e.g. sensing mats G10H2220/341
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 5/04 with semiconductor devices as active elements G10H3/10, G10H3/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 84/07 Electric key switch structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 84/08 Keyed oscillators
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 84/20 Monophonic

Abstract

A shoe provided with a plurality of keys on the underside thereof which when depressed will produce various musical tones by means of an electronic circuit provided inside the shoe.

Claims

1. A musical shoe for children comprised of a separable upper and lower half, the upper half being flat and provided with straps for the purpose of securing the shoe to the foot and having a plurality of holes and a speaker provided thereunder;

said lower half having a base portion and at least four inclining sides, said lower half also being hollow and provided internally with an electronic circuit including a power source, a plurality of switches which when closed cause the electronic circuit to produce various musical tones which are emitted from said speaker, and an on-off/volume control switch.

2. A musical shoe as in claim 1 wherein said plurality of switches are piano key type switches provided on the said inclined sides of the lower half of the shoe, having no more than one switch to each inclined side.

3. A shoe as in claim 2, wherein when the shoe has been secured to the foot by means of the straps musical tones may be produced by shifting the foot to cause one of the said plurality of switches to be depressed.

4. A musical shoe as in claim 3, wherein by selectively causing different switches to be depressed, simple melodies may be produced.

5. A musical shoe as in claim 1 wherein said upper half also includes an arched portion corresponding to the natural arch of the foot, having said plurality of holes provided therethrough and said speaker provided thereunder.