JPS6137305Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to footwear, and particularly to loud footwear for young children.

It is difficult to get young children into the habit of arranging their footwear properly and wearing the right and left footwear without making a mistake. Therefore, the inventor of the present invention came up with the idea that if the footwear is arranged correctly and the footwear plays a fun song or compliments the child, it is possible to have the child acquire proper footwear habits in a fun way. However, although footwear for infants has been known in which a whistle is attached to the entrance and exit of an air chamber so that the foot makes a sound when walking, no footwear such as the one described above has been proposed.

The object of the present invention is to provide footwear in which songs or words can be played when the footwear is put together from the above-mentioned viewpoints.

For this reason, the present invention provides footwear in which a proximity switch and its actuating element are arranged facing each other in inner parts close to each other when the footwear is aligned, and a performance device is provided for playing a song or words by the operation of the proximity switch. provide.

An embodiment of the present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. Reference numerals 1a and 1b are pairs of footwear, and one footwear 1a has a melody device consisting of a speaker 2 and an LSI for playing music. Element 3, LSI peripheral parts 4, power supply battery 5, and proximity switch 6
is incorporated. The proximity switch 6 is disposed at an appropriate location on the inner side of the footwear that is close to each other when the footwear 1a, 1b are aligned. The other footwear 1b has a proximity switch operating element 7, such as a permanent magnet, incorporated in its inner portion so as to face the proximity switch 6. By using a speaker 2 equipped with a piezoelectric diaphragm with low power consumption, consumption of the battery 5 is reduced.
This allows you to avoid having to replace batteries for a long period of time. Further, as the performance element 3, for example, a product such as "Melody IC Unit 7520" manufactured by Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd. can be used. Furthermore, by using a one-shot melody element as the performance element 3, once the proximity switch 6 is turned on, the music can be played for a predetermined period of time, for example, the playing time of one song, and then wait until the next switch operation is performed. can. Alternatively, the performance element 3 may be kept in an on state at all times, so that the power is turned on and the performance continues while the proximity switch 6 is on. As the proximity switch 6, it is convenient to use, for example, a reed switch, but any other device such as a Hall IC can also be used, and depending on the type of the proximity switch 6, it may be incorporated into the other footwear 1b. The actuating element 7 is not limited to a permanent magnet and may be selected as appropriate. As shown in FIG. 2, these speakers 2, peripheral parts 4,
A battery 5 and a proximity switch 6 are connected to the performance element 3, respectively. Further, each of these parts is appropriately arranged in each space surrounded by ribs formed on the sole plate of the footwear, and is sealed to prevent water from entering from the outside.

In the above configuration, when one pair of footwear 1a, 1b is aligned as shown in FIG. 1, the proximity switch 6 and its operating element 7 are located close to each other, so the proximity switch 6 is turned on and the performance element 3 is activated. Then, for example, a piece of fun music is played from speaker 2,
Compliments are played. On the other hand, both footwear 1a,
1b are not aligned properly, the distance between the proximity switch 6 and the actuating element 7 will be large, so the proximity switch 6 will not operate, and the performance will not be performed, indicating that they are not aligned correctly, and you will be able to listen to the performance. This will allow them to be properly aligned. Furthermore, even if the user puts on the right and left footwear by mistake, the distance between the proximity switch 6 and the actuating element 7 prevents the performance from occurring even if the footwear is put together, so the user realizes the mistake and replaces the footwear correctly. In addition, footwear 1 for performing
It is appropriate to set the distance between the inner sides of a and lb within 1 to 3 cm, and the sensitivity of the proximity switch 6 and the magnetic force of the actuating element 7 may be selected to meet this condition.

According to the footwear of the present invention, as is clear from the above description, a proximity switch and its operating element are arranged facing each other on the inner side of a pair of footwear, and a song or words are played by the operation of the proximity switch. A playing device is provided so that the song or words are played when the footwear is properly aligned. Therefore, when young children wear this type of footwear, they will learn to put on the footwear correctly and take it off in order to listen to fun songs or compliments, allowing them to enjoy learning proper footwear habits. Can be done.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a schematic layout diagram and FIG. 2 being an electrical connection diagram. 1a and 1b are footwear, 2 is a speaker, 3 is a performance element, 5 is a battery, 6 is a proximity switch, and 7 is an operating element.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A pair of footwear characterized in that a performance device is provided in which a proximity switch and its operating element are arranged facing each other in inner portions that are close to each other when the footwear is aligned, and that plays a song or words by the operation of the proximity switch.