Patent ID: 8141277
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: A43B,A43C,A61B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A golf shoe comprising: an upper having laces; a sole coupled to the upper to define a chamber for receiving a wearer's foot; a plurality of sensors embedded in the sole, each sensor having a plurality of leads, a distal end of each lead having a connector; a lateral adjuster active response element having an upper bracket located in the laces area and a lower bracket affixed to the side of the sole, brackets supporting a plurality of electrostrictive polymer bands; a controller integral with the sole and operatively connected to the sensors and the lateral adjuster active-response element; wherein the controller determines whether the wearer is walking or swinging and when the wearer is swinging, the controller sends an output current to the active-response element and the active-response element changes the shoe from an initial state where the shoe exhibits a first set of characteristics to a transitory state where the shoe exhibits a second set of characteristics different from the first set.