Intelligent footwear systems
Assigneeadidas International Marketing B.V.
InventorsChristian DiBenedetto, Mark Oleson, Charles Roth, Mark Thompson
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Abstract
The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.
Claims21
An intelligent system for an article of footwear, the system comprising:
- a control system;
- a power source electrically coupled to the control system;
- an adjustable element;
- and
- a driver coupled to the adjustable element for adjusting the adjustable element in response to a signal from the control system, wherein adjustment to the adjustable element is performed during a flight phase of the article of footwear.
2-41. (canceled)
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole;
- an upper coupled to the sole;
- and
- an intelligent system at least partially disposed in the sole, the intelligent system comprising:
- a control system;
- a power source electrically coupled to the control system;
- an adjustable element;
- and
- a driver coupled to the adjustable element for adjusting the adjustable element in response to a signal from the control system, wherein adjustment to the adjustable element is performed during a flight phase of the article of footwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.