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Spinner shoeRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, General Structure, Trimmings, Shoe OrnamentsSpinner shoe description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070124848, Spinner shoe. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/597,512 filed Dec. 12, 2005. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to shoes with cosmetic styling. More particularly, the present invention relates to shoes with wheels located on one or more sides of the shoes that simulate the appearance of wheels of a car. When the person is walking the wheels turn to simulate wheel spinners that are placed on the wheels of a car. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Shoes were originally made to protect a person's feet from objects that can cause harm to a person's feet. Over the years shoes have evolved not only to provide protection from the ground but also to create a fashion statement about the user. The fashion statement can include the manufacturer of the shoes or the style of the shoes. Shoes are also made to provide cosmetic functions and may have details such as spinning items to show motion and lights that provide visual motion. [0004] US D495,470 issued to Robert L. Schellinger on Sep. 7, 2004 shows a shoe with the appearance of a car. While this patent shows a shoe with the appearance of a car, the wheels do not show the motion or turning when the wearer is walking or moving. It further does not provide lighting to illuminate the wheels of the shoes. [0005] U.S. Pat. No. 4,442,614 issued to Losef Farberov on Apr. 17, 1984 disclose a shoe with roller shaped wheel portions located on the bottom sole of the shoe. While this patent shows roller elements located on the sole of the shoe, the roller elements do not electrically turn based upon motion of the person walking, nor do they provide illumination to show motion of the wheels. [0006] US 2004/0,159,022 published to Quin Winford et al. on Aug. 19, 2004 discloses footwear with a remote control. The remote control starts and stops the rotation of wheels that are located on the sides of the shoe. While this patent covers shoes with wheels located on the sides of shoe, the motion of the wheels is not controlled by the user walking. The patent also does not include illumination located on or around the wheel elements that further enhance the appearance of motion on the shoes. [0007] US 2005/0,223,601 published to Solomon Dabah on Oct. 13, 2005 discloses a shoe with a spinner element placed on the side of a shoe. While this published application discloses a spinner element located on the side of a shoe, it only shoes one spinner element and does not provide control for the direction of rotation of the spinner. The published application further does not disclose illumination elements placed in or around the spinner element to enhance the appearance of motion of the spinner element. [0008] What is needed is a shoe with at least one spinner element that provides the appearance of spinners that are found on cars. The ideal spinner would further include lighting elements that enhance the appearance of the spinner turning. The shoe would also include one or more sensors to determine if the shoe is on a user, if the person is walking or standing and control for the direction of rotation of the spinner element(s). The proposed spinner shoes provide this solution by providing a shoe with spinner elements, lighting elements, and sensors to control the motion of the spinner and lighting elements. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0009] It is an object of the spinner shoes to provide shoes with one or more spinner elements in the shoes to provide an appearance that is similar to the spinner elements that are found on the wheels of a car. These spinner elements provide an attraction element to the shoes that make them stand out when compared to other shoes. [0010] It is another object of the spinner shoes to provide lighting for the spinners where the lighting exists around the spinner element. The spinner element can also be simulated using multiple lighting elements that are illuminated in order to provide an appearance of rotational or linear motion of the shoes. [0011] It is another object of the spinner shoes to provide control of the spinner elements that can control the direction of the spinner element. The shoes can be fabricated with multiple spinner elements and the direction of each spinner element is controllable for clockwise or counter-clockwise rotation. [0012] It is another object of the spinner shoes that they include sensors, to determine if a person is walking and how fast they are walking. The sensors can change the speed of the spinners and the direction of rotation of the spinners based upon information from the sensors. Each spinner may include a switch to set the direction of rotation of the spinner. [0013] It is another object of the spinner shoes to provide spinners located on the sides, and or the top of the shoe. When spinners are located in the sides of a shoe they can be seen from people located next to a person walking by. When the spinners are locate on the top of the shoes the spinners can be seen in motion by the wearer and by people standing in front of the wearer. A spinner can also be located on the back of the shoe to provide spinning motion on the back of the shoe that is visible when a person is walking away. [0014] It is another object of the spinner shoes for the speed of the rotation to be adjustable. The speed of rotation can be set by a user or can be automatically adjusted based upon detection of the movement speed of the user. [0015] It is another object of the spinner element to place the element on other products that a person wears such as a cap, pin, wristband, or belt to provide an array of clothing articles that provide a simulated spinner appearance. [0016] It is still another object of the spinner shoes and ancillary spinner products to provide promotion and or advertising of a company, sports team or event by using the spinner with lighting to highlight information on the shoes or ancillary spinner products. [0017] Various objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention, along with the accompanying drawings in which like numerals represent like components. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0018] FIG. 1 shows an isometric view of a preferred embodiment of the spinner shoes showing multiple spinner elements placed on the side, front and back of a shoe. [0019] FIG. 2 shows a side sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the spinner shoe where only one spinner element is placed in the heel of a shoe. Continue reading about Spinner shoe... 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