Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable shoe and method for adjusting a shoe
-
Application No.: US15566442Application Date: 2016-04-15
-
Publication No.: US10687585B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Mengyun Shi , John Stager , Thomas Tapen , Tianshu Liu , Huiju Park , Charles V. Beach, Jr.
- Applicant: Cornell University
- Applicant Address: US NY Ithaca
- Assignee: Cornell University
- Current Assignee: Cornell University
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Ithaca
- Agency: Hodgson Russ LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/027991 WO 20160415
- International Announcement: WO2016/168767 WO 20161020
- Main IPC: A43B21/42
- IPC: A43B21/42 ; A43B3/00 ; A43B3/24 ; A43B13/16 ; A43B13/14 ; A43B7/14 ; A43B21/36 ; A43B7/38 ; H02J7/00

Abstract:
An adjustable shoe includes an outsole having a middle portion hingedly attached to a forefoot portion and a heel portion. A segmented driveshaft spans from the forefoot portion of the outsole to the heel portion. Rotation of a front segment of the driveshaft causes the forefoot portion of the outsole to rotate about a hinge axis thereby adjusting a forefoot angle. A first motor is connected to the driveshaft and operable to rotate the driveshaft. A processor is in communication with the first motor and programmed to operate the first motor to provide adjustment to the shoe. A method of adjusting a shoe includes receiving a signal representing a measured force on a portion of an outsole of the shoe. If the measured force exceeds a pre-determined threshold, a motor is activated to change an angle of a forefoot portion of the outsole relative to a middle portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180140048A1 ADJUSTABLE SHOE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SHOE Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
Information query