Electricity Generating Footwear By Angelo Casimiro 2014

Description:

- A slip-on insole that can produce enough electricity to charge batteries

- The insole generator has enough power to supply voltage for low powered circuits.
- A smart shoe insole that produces enough electricity when you walk to charge small
USB devices. The gizmo consists of piezoelectric materials, which, as Angelo explains,
can generate an alternating current voltage when actuated.
- The project is be accomplished by using piezoelectric materials. Piezoelectricity, also
called the piezoelectric effect, is the ability of certain materials to generate an alternating
current voltage when actuated.
- This can supply power for personal devices especially if you live in remote areas where
electricity isn't available. It can charge flashlight(s), phones, radios and any other USB
device,"
- The project is "ideal for smart clothing, sport apparels that sync to your smart
device/phone/watch wirelessly."
- Product can charge a 400mAh lithium ion battery by jogging eight straight hours
- It transforms human movement into energy.

Patentable or Not?

- Elements of Patentable Inventions

o 1.) NOVEL
o 2.) INVENTIVE STEP
o 3.) INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
- NOVEL
o NO
o SMART SHOE (electricity generating shoe with wireless charger) by Binu Jose
also utilizes piezoelectric elements
o A Shoe-Embedded Piezoelectric Energy Harvester for Wearable Sensors by
Jingjing Zhao and Zheng You
o However, Casimiro's prototype involves double piezo elements embedded into
the hollow of the shoe's heel itself
- INVENTIVE STEP
o NO
o There are many shoe electricity generating researches that transforms human
movement into energy through the same process
o Casimiro’s invention is obviously related to this prior researches
- INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
o YES
o The project is "ideal for smart clothing, sport apparels that sync to your smart
device/phone/watch wirelessly."
o shoe companies could someday use such inside generators to power fitness chips
that can sync to a phone wirelessly
 o can also be tweaked to accommodate various sensors, such as telemetry circuits for
health monitoring or GPS tracking chips for hiking
- IT IS NOT PATENTABLE