Fixing structure for lightening circuit on lightening shoe

• US 5,490,338 A
• Filed: 10/31/1994
• Issued: 02/13/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ming C. Tsu, Wen I. Hwang
• Original Assignee: Ming C. Tsu, Wen I. Hwang
• Inventors: Hwang, Wen I., Tsu, Ming C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
• Application Number:
  US08/331,427
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 36/137, 36/136, 36/139, 362/103, 362/802, 362/276
• US Class Current: 36/137
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0036 with fluorescent or phosphorescent parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/36 with light sources

Abstract

A fixing structure for the circuit of a lightening shoe, wherein a receiving recess is provided on the heel for receiving a transparent fixing seat which has on top thereof a box groove for receiving a transparent protecting box further for receiving the circuit, a battey receptacle provided on top of the box allows access to two battery contacting parts on the circuit, two vertical guiding grooves and two horizontal engaging grooves are provided on the wall of the receptacle for engaging two engaging pieces on a receptacle cover to removably enclose the receptacle, hence a battery therein connects the batteru contacting parts to complete the circuit, with this, changing of a battery can be done directly, the lightening circuit can be well protected and can be taken out with the protecting box easily for repairing.

Claims

1. A fixing structure for the lightening circuit on a lightening shoe, comprising

on a shoe heel of said lightening shoe a receiving recess;

a soft transparent fixing seat capable of inserting in and matching with said receiving recess by size;

a box groove on the top of said fixing seat being aligned with a slot provided on the top of said receiving recess and extending through to the bottom face of an insole in said lightening shoe;

a transparent protecting box received by and matching by size with said box groove of said fixing seat;

a lightening electric circuit being received in said transparent protecting box;

a battery receptacle being provided on the top of said protecting box and being allowable of access to two battery contacting parts on a circuit board for said lightening electric circuit;

two vertical guiding grooves being provided on the wall of said battery receptacle;

two horizontal engaging grooves each being located clockwise aside one of said guiding grooves;

a receptacle cover having a groove thereon being able of covering said battery receptacle;

two "L" shaped engaging pieces corresponding by position to said two guiding grooves and being provided on the bottom of said receptacle cover;

a battery being inserted between and engaged by said engaging pieces, said engaging pieces being able of inserting in said vertical guiding grooves, and rotation of said receptacle cover rendering said engaging pieces to engage said horizontal engaging grooves and thereby covering said battery receptacle of said protecting box.

2. A vibrating switch used on the lightening electric circuit as stated in claim 1, said vibrating switch comprises therein a straight electrically conductive rod which is fixed and is encircled by an electrically conductive spring, wherein:

when said lightening shoe is in static state, said electrically conductive spring is not in contact with said electrically conductive rod, said lightening electric circuit will be in off state;

while when said lightening shoe is in motion, said electrically conductive spring will wave up and down to contact intermitently with said electrically conductive rod, so that said lightening electric circuit will be turned on and off intermitently, and all the LEDs used in said lightening electric circuit will twinkle until said lightening shoe stops motion, then said electrically conductive spring will again not be contacted with said electrically conductive rod by the elasticity of its own, said LEDs thus will be turned off.