Patent ID: 8266828
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: A41D,A43B,A63H,F15B

Abstract:
1. An air-actuated amusement device, comprising: an article of manufacture configured to be worn on a foot of a user, said article of manufacture having a collapsible sole, an upper coupled to said collapsible sole, and a fabric assembly coupled to said upper, said fabric assembly including an exterior wall having a first outside portion and a second outside portion with said fabric assembly having an unactuated mode and an actuated mode, said unactuated mode providing said fabric assembly overlying said article of manufacture displaying said first outside portion while concealing said second outside portion and said actuated mode providing said fabric assembly extending from said article of manufacture and displaying said second outside portion; and a discrete air-powered actuator assembly coupled to said article of manufacture, said discrete air-powered actuator assembling including: a first discrete air bladder disposed within said collapsible sole and having a first exterior wall containing a first bladder volume, said first exterior wall providing a first shape memory repeatedly inflating said first bladder volume after a collapse of said first bladder volume, said first bladder volume including a first capacity for a first quantity of air with said first discrete air bladder including an outlet exiting a portion of said first quantity of air from said first bladder volume when said first exterior wall is collapsed; a second discrete air bladder coupled to both said upper and to said fabric assembly, said second discrete air bladder having a second exterior wall containing a second bladder volume, said second discrete air bladder remotely located relative to said first discrete air bladder, and said second bladder volume including a second capacity for a second quantity of air, said second discrete air bladder including a folded mode and an unfolded mode, said folded mode providing said second discrete air bladder in a folded configuration having a first portion of said second discrete air bladder overlaying a second portion of said second discrete air bladder, said folded configuration defining a separation between said portions equal to a first distance with said second bladder volume at least partially deflated, and said unfolded mode providing said second discrete air bladder in an unfolded configuration having said separation greater than said first distance and said second bladder volume at least partially inflated to said unfolded configuration, wherein an unfolding transition of said second discrete air bladder from said folded mode to said unfolded mode transitions said fabric assembly from said unactuated mode to said actuated mode and wherein a folding transition of said second discrete air bladder from said unfolded mode to said folded mode transitions said fabric assembly from said actuated mode to said unactuated mode; and an elongate communication channel, coupled to said outlet and to said second discrete air bladder, transferring air between said first bladder volume and said second bladder volume; wherein said second discrete air bladder is biased to said folded mode; wherein said second discrete air bladder unfolds from said folded configuration to said unfolded configuration responsive to air entering into said second bladder volume from said first bladder volume; and wherein said second discrete air bladder folds from said unfolded configuration to said folded configuration when air inflates said first bladder volume.