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US 11,478,037 B2Granted
Wireless microphone system for an article of footwear
AssigneeMSG Entertainment Group, LLC
InventorsLarry Sedwick, Chris Dee
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Abstract
An article of footwear that produces an audio component for a performance includes a rigid heel assembly that attaches to the article of footwear. The rigid heel assembly has a cavity with an open end. The cavity houses an audio transmission assembly that includes a transmitter. A microphone converts the audio component of the performance into a digital audio signal and is operatively connected to the audio transmission assembly which wirelessly transmits the digital audio signal of the audio of the performance.
Claims7
An article of footwear that produces an audio component for a performance comprising:
- a rigid heel assembly attached to the article of footwear;
- a cavity within the rigid heel assembly having an open end;
- an end cap coupled to the rigid heel assembly and covering the open end of the cavity;
- a microphone retainer that extends from the end cap towards a toe portion of the article of footwear;
- a microphone, wherein the microphone is housed on an underside of the footwear, the microphone configured to capture an audio component of a performance produced by the article of footwear and configured to convert the audio component of the performance into a digital audio signal, the microphone being secured in the microphone retainer;
- a transmitter disposed within the cavity, the transmitter configured to transmit the digital audio signal of the audio component of the performance to a backstage receiver;
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- a power source disposed within the cavity and adapted to provide power to the microphone and the transmitter,
- wherein the microphone retainer angles the microphone at an angle between about 20° and 70° off horizontal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.