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United States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,452,269 Cherdak [45] Date of Patent: Sep US005452269A United States Patent [19] [11] Patent Number: 5,452,269 Cherdak [45] Date of Patent: Sep. 19, 1995 [54] ATHLETIC SHOE WITH THVIING DEVICE 4,651,446 3/ 1987 gukawa et a1. ' 4,703,445 10/1987 assler . [75] Inventor: Erik B. Cherdak, Silver Spring, Md. 4,736,312 4/1983 Dassler et a1_ _ ‘[73] Assignees: David Stern; James Thompson, both 4’763’287 8/1988 Gerhaeuser et a1‘ ‘ fRockvine M d- 4,771,394 9/ 1988 Cavanagh . ° ’ 4,792,665 12/1988 Ruhlemann . [21] APPL No_; 297,470 4,814,661 3/1989 Ratzlaff et a1. 4,848,009 7/1989 Rodgers . [22] Filed: Aug. 29, 1994 4,876,500 10/1989 Wu . 4,891,797 1/1990 Woodfalks . Related US. Application Data illilo?g - , , a o . [63] Continuation of Ser. No. 85,936, Jul. 6, 1993, Pat. No. 5,052,131 10/1991 Rondini , 5,343,445. 5,125,647 6/1992 Smith . [51] Int. Cl.6 ...................... .. G64B 47/00; FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS [52] US. Cl. .................................... .. 368/10; 368/110; W°88°4768 6/1988 WIPO ‘ 36/132; 36/137 . [58] Field Of Search ...................... .. 368/9,10,107-113; Pm”? Exam'”er“vlt W‘ M‘Ska 36/132, 136, 137, 114 [57] ABSTRACT [56] References Cited An athletic shoe which includes a timing device for US. PATENT DOCUMENTS measuring the amount of time the athletic shoe is off the D 285 142 8/1986 McAnhur ground and in air. The athletic shoe can also include a 4285b,“ 8/1981 smith ‘ ' noti?cation device which can be operatively coupled to 4,309,599 1/1982 Myers . the timing device for notifying a wearer of the athletic 4,371,945 2/1983 Karr et al. shoe of a message. The message can include information an - related to the amount of time the athletic shoe is off the 1 a u . - . 4,510,704 4/1985 Johnson . ground and m the an‘ 4,578,769 3/ 1986 Frederick . 4,649,552 3/ 1987 Yukawa . 20 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets H05 2105 H2O US. Patent Sep. 19, 1995 Sheet 1 of 3 5,452,269 "05 I US. Patent Sep. 19, 1995 Sheet 2 of 3 5,452,269 "20 FIG 2 3.05 “20 FIG. 3 US. Patent Sep. 19, 1995 Sheet 3 of 3 5,452,269 f 4| l5 MESSAGING DEVICE (e.g.VlSUAL DISPLAY, BUZZER) 4:20 TIMING / BATTERY DEVICE ' ON/ OFF / CIRCUIT RY ' . 4'25 4|05 / ACTIVATIONSWITCH P 4H0 FIG. 4 5,452,269 1 2 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS ATHLETIC sHoE WITH TIMING DEVICE The present invention is described by way of example CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED and in regard to the drawing Figures in which: APPLICATIONS FIG. 1 is a diagram of an athletic shoe which is equipped with a timing device; This application is a continuation of U.S. patent appli FIG. 2 is a front view of a tongue of an athletic shoe cation Ser. No. 08/085,936, ?led Jul. 6, 1993 and enti which has been equipped with a visual display; tled “Athletic Shoe with Timing Device”, now U.S. FIG. 3 is a front view of a tongue of an athletic shoe Pat. No. 5,343,445. 10 with has been equipped with a visual display; FIG. 4 is block schematic diagram of an exemplary BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION embodiment of the present invention. 1. Technical Field The following section will refer to the above-listed The present invention relates to athletic shoes. drawing FIGS. Where appropriate, like structures will 2. Background Information be referenced with like numerals. It is well known that basketball, volleyball, and other DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE sports activities players often try to stay in the air for PREFERRED EMBODIMENT relatively long periods of time while they attempt to perform a particular action. For example, basketball The present invention is described by way of example players often attempt to stay or “hang” in the air for as and in regard to the drawing Figures which were brie?y described above and which are discussed in long as possible as they try to slam-dunk a basketball detail below. into a basketball net. The amount of time a basketball Referring now to FIG. 1, therein depicted is an ath player hangs in the air is commonly referred to as his or letic shoe 1100 which has been equipped with a timing her “hang time.” Hang time has become so popular that device. Athletic shoe 1100 is a basketball type shoe basketball players often compete with each other as to similar to those manufactured by LA GEAR, REE who can hang in the air the longest (i.e. the player with BOK, N'IKE, BRITISH KNIGHTS, CONVERSE, the longest “hang time” wins). Moreover, many great and NEW BALANCE. Athletic shoe 1100 has a rubber professional basketball players have become quite popu type sole 1110 in which a contact dimple 1105 has been lar for their “hang times” (e.g. Michael Jordan of the formed during manufacture. Contact dimple 1105 can Chicago BULLS). be similar to that implemented in LA GEAR’s LA While hang time has become a popular measure of a TECH LIGHT GEAR shoes. Shoe upper 1115 is player’s abilities, there has not heretofore been pro mounted to rubber sole 1110 in a conventional manner posed an accurate and objective way to calculate the and will be apparent to those skilled in the art of athletic amount of time a player remains in the air while per shoe construction. Tongue 1120 is also mounted to shoe forming a sport related activity. Moreover, there has upper 1115 in a conventional manner and is held against not heretofore been proposed a way or a device which a wearer’s foot (not shown) by fastening arrangement can be used to calculate a player’s hang time and which 1122 in the usual way. While tongue 1120 is shown as an actual tongue 1120 in the conventional sense, other may be manufactured, marketed, and sold in consumer structures such as now-popular sock-type vamp mem appealing ways at effective price points. bers may be used. Such sock-type vamp members will The present invention solves these problems. be apparent to those skilled in the art and may be seen SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION in such shoes as those manufactured by NIKE (i.e. the AIR HURACHE line of cross-training shoes). While It is an object of the present invention to solve the 45 laces are shown as providing fastening arrangement above-listed problems. 1122, other fastening arrangements such as hook and It is another object of the present invention to pro loop, straps, and button fasteners may be used as such vide wearers of athletic shoes with the ability to keep fasteners will be apparent to those skilled in the art. track of the amount of time they spend in the air and off Tongue 1120 includes a message device 1125. A mes the ground when participating in an athletic activity 50 sage is meant to include a visual and/or audible noti?ca such as basketball for example. tion which is meant to notify a wearer of athletic shoe These and other objects of the present invention are 1100 of at least one particular piece of information such achieved in an athletic shoe which includes an athletic as, for example, the amount of time athletic shoe 1100 is shoe con?guration and a timing device for measuring off the ground and in the air and time of day, and alpha the amount of time the athletic shoe is off the ground numeric textual and/or verbal expressions. In this em and in the air. bodiment, message device 1125 is a visual display in the Finally, the present invention provides for a timing form of a liquid crystal display which will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Flexible visual displays can device which is integrated into an athletic shoe which also be used as can light emitting diode (LED) arrange has a messaging device such as a visual display. ments. While message device 1125 is a visual display, As already stated, and as stated throughout the re other messaging type devices such as buzzers and noise maining sections of this patent document, the terminol makers, ?ashing bulbs and the like may also be used. ogy “off the ground and in the air” is used to de?ne and Also, voice provision devices may also be used to pro describe the structure and operation of the present in~ vide messages to the wearer of athletic shoe 1100. Such vention. Moreover, the word “groun ” is meant to structures will be apparent to those skilled in the art. include the ground, the surface of a basketball court, the Moreover, message device 1125 can include combina ?oor, and any other surface on which a sports related tions of both visual and audible devices. Such audible activity takes place. devices can include piezo-electric buzzers, speakers, 5,452,269 3 4 bells, and the like which will be apparent to those well known clocking circuits which may be found in skilled in the art. Finally, while message device is consumer electronics goods such as digital stop shown as part of tongue 1120, other parts of athletic watches, digital timers, digital Wristwatches, digital shoe 1100 could also house the such a display. For cooking timers, and digital thermometers which include example, message device 1125 could also be located on 5 timers used to measure the amount of time needed to the back of athletic shoe 1100, on the sides of athletic calculate a person’s body temperature.
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