Back to results
US 12,604,943 B2Granted
Grounding footwear with a blade portion
AssigneeN-Ion Sports Technology Limited
InventorsAdam Stanley, Stephen Walsh
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The article of footwear for grounding the human body to earth includes an upper portion; a sole having an outer sole face distal from a user and an inner sole face proximate to the user; one or more electrically conductive portions which extend through the sole from the outer sole face to the inner sole face; and an electrically conductive layer which extends over a portion of the inner sole face and being configured to make conductive contact with the foot of the human body. The sole includes a blade portion.
Claims12
An article of footwear for grounding a human body to earth, comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a sole having an outer sole face distal to said upper portion and an inner sole face proximate to said upper portion;
- an electrically conductive portion extending through said sole from said outer sole face toward said inner sole face;
- an electrically conductive layer extending over a portion of said inner sole face;
- and
- a conductive wire having one wire end connected to said piece of conductive material so as to form at least one electrical connection of a group consisting of:
- a physical spade connection, a crimp connection, and a soldered connection,
- wherein said sole comprises a blade portion, said blade portion extending from said outer sole face, and
- wherein said electrically conductive portion is comprised of a piece of conductive material having a conductive material end outwardly projecting from said outer sole face so as to form an electrical conduction path to ground relationship from said inner sole face to an outermost part of said blade portion through said piece of conductive material.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.