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US 12,758,863 B2Granted
Virtual reality footwear locomotion system
AssigneeFreeaim Technologies Limited
InventorAshley Martin Foxcroft
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AssigneeFreeaim Technologies Limited
InventorAshley Martin Foxcroft
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A footwear assembly for use in a virtual reality environment comprising a front platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining the forward part of a user's foot and a rear platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining a rear part of the user's foot, the front and rear platform portions being joined by a transverse hinge so that the platform portions can pivot relative to one another to accommodate flexing of the user's foot, each platform portion having mounted under a lower surface thereof at least one drive motor, each drive motor driving a continuous belt, and two continuous belts on each platform portion being arranged substantially in parallel, one located to each side of the platform portion, the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the front platform portion being mounted to a front drive module and the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the rear platform portion mounted to a rear drive module, the drive modules being mounted beneath their respective platform portions so each drive module may rotate in the horizontal plane relative to the platform portion it is mounted beneath.
A footwear assembly for use in a virtual reality environment comprising a front platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining the forward part of a user's foot and a rear platform portion having an upper surface adapted and configured for supporting and releasably retaining a rear part of the user's foot, the front and rear platform portions being joined by a transverse hinge so that the platform portions pivot relative to one another in the longitudinal plane to accommodate flexing of the user's foot, in which each platform portion has mounted to a lower surface thereof at least one drive motor, each drive motor driving a continuous belt, and two continuous belts on each platform portion being arranged substantially in parallel, one located to each side of the platform portion, and in which the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the front platform portion are mounted to a front drive module and the drive motor or motors and continuous belts of the rear platform portion are mounted to a rear drive module, the drive modules being mounted beneath their respective platform portions so each drive module may rotate in the horizontal plane relative to the platform portion it is mounted beneath.
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