Shoe warning light device

• US 5,303,131 A
• Filed: 08/23/1993
• Issued: 04/12/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andy Wu
• Original Assignee: Andy Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Andy
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F.
• Application Number:
  US08/109,907
• Time in Patent Office: 232 Days
• Field of Search: 362/103, 362/190, 362/191, 362/200, 362/208, 362/253, 362/800, 36/137
• US Class Current: 362/103
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0036 with fluorescent or phosphorescent parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0072 made at least partially of transparent or translucent materials
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/36 with light sources

Abstract

A shoe warning light device comprises: a fastening seat having a holding space and disposed in a shoe midsole such that the front wall of the fastening seat is exposed; a luminous body fastened to the front wall of the fastening seat and provided with two polar feet extending into the holding space to form two conducting connections; a housing mounted detachably in the holding space and provided in the top wall thereof with a U-shaped slot forming a flexible tongue; two conducting pieces provided respectively with one end forming a power source connection engageable with one of the two conducting connections, with one of the two conducting pieces extending downwards to locate over the bottom wall of the housing, and with another one of the two conducting pieces extending upwards to locate under the tongue; and a battery disposed in the housing such that it is in contact with one of the two conducting pieces.

Claims

1. A shoe warning light device comprising:

a fastening seat having a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall and a right wall, which form a holding space with an open top, said fastening seat being so dimensioned as to fit into a cavity of a shoe midsole such that said holding space of said fastening seat is corresponding in location to a person'"'"'s heel, and that said front wall of said fastening seat is exposed;

a luminous body having two polar feet which extend to reach an inner wall surface of said holding space and to form two conducting connections;

a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall and a right wall, which form a receiving space, said top wall having a U-shaped slot forming a flexible tongue, said housing being detachably mounted in said holding space of said fastening seat such that said tongue can be caused to bend toward said receiving space by a treading action of said heel;

two conducting pieces fastened respectively at one end thereof with said front wall of said housing such that said two conducting pieces are exposed to form two power source connections capable of making contact with said two conducting connections of said luminous body, with one of said two conducting pieces extending downwards to locate over said bottom wall of said housing, and with another one of said two conducting pieces extending upwards to locate under said tongue of said top wall of said housing such that said another one of said two conducting pieces is capable of moving downwards along with said tongue; and

a battery disposed in said receiving space of said housing and between said two conducting pieces such that said battery is in contact with a lower conducting piece, and that said battery remains apart with an upper conducting piece capable of moving downwards along with said tongue so as to make contact with said battery to provide said luminous body with a power source.

2. The shoe warning light device of claim 1 wherein said front wall of said fastening seat communicating said holding space and having a luminous body seat disposed therein pivotally such that a front end of said luminous body seat is exposed through said front wall of said fastening seat, and that a rear end of said luminous body seat is exposed to an inner wall of said holding space, and further that said luminous body seat can be twisted to make a turn for a predetermined angle for controlling a circuit connection and a circuit breakup between said two power source connections and said two conducting connections.

3. The shoe warning light device of claim 2 wherein said front wall of said fastening seat is provided with a recess having a semi-cylindrical slot;

wherein said housing is disposed in said recess and provided with a semi-cylindrical slot forming said axial hole in conjunction with said semi-cylindrical slot of said recess of said fastening seat, with said axial hole receiving therein said luminous body seat;

wherein said luminous body seat is provided along a circumference thereof with a recessed ring having two ends that are not connected and having a retaining portion; and

wherein said slot of said housing is provided on an inner wall thereof with a rib corresponding in location to said recessed ring of said luminous body seat.

4. The shoe warning light device of claim 2 wherein said front wall of said fastening seat is provided with a face plate of a predetermined shape and having a through hole corresponding in location to said axial hole, said through hole having a front end of a greater diameter and forming therein a cavity;

and wherein said luminous body seat is provided at a front end thereof with a round stepped portion of a greater diameter and having respectively on both sides thereof a protuberance, said luminous body seat being disposed pivotally in said through hole such that said round stepped portion is received in said cavity.

5. The shoe warning light device of claim 1 wherein said rear wall of said fastening seat is provided with two dents which are parallel to each other and are provided respectively with a flexible arm with a projection for supporting said housing in such a way that said two conducting connections can be caused to make an intimate contact with said two power source connections.

6. The shoe warning light device of claim 1 wherein said rear wall of said fastening seat is provided with an arcuate dent.

8. The shoe warning light device of claim 1 wherein said rear wall of said housing is provided with an inverted corner.

7. The shoe warning light device of claim wherein said housing comprising:

a lower casing having a front wall provided with a protuberance, an indentation, and a receiving recess; and

an upper casing having a front wall provided with a protuberance and an indentation which are engageable with said protuberance and said indentation of said lower casing, said upper casing further having a U-shaped slot forming a flexible tongue;

wherein said lower casing and said upper casing are joined together to form said housing;

wherein said protuberance of said lower casing and said protuberance of said upper casing retain respectively a curved end of each of said two conducting .pieces;

wherein one of said two conducting pieces extends toward. a lower portion of an interior of said housing so as to located over a bottom wall of said lower casing; and

wherein another one of said two conducting pieces extends toward an upper portion of said interior of said housing so as to locate under said tongue of said upper casing, with said another one of said two conducting pieces capable of being caused to move downwards by said tongue.

9. The shoe warning light device of claim wherein said housing is provided with a twisting projection.