Patent ID: 8992038
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A43B,F21V,F21W,F21Y

Abstract:
1. An internally illuminated textile footwear comprises: a footwear; the footwear comprises a sole and an upper; an illumination system; the illumination system comprises a power source and a plurality of illumination sources; a liner; a structure; the structure comprises an interfacing layer and a batting; the structure being adjacently connected to the upper; the structure being positioned between the liner and the upper; the interfacing layer being positioned adjacent to the liner; the batting being adjacently connected to the interfacing layer opposite the liner; the interfacing layer being reflective; the batting being light diffusing; the plurality of illumination sources being adjacently connected to the interfacing layer; the plurality of illumination sources being positioned between the interfacing layer and the batting; the upper being perimetrically connected to the sole; the liner being positioned interior to the upper; the upper being light diffusing; the illumination system being housed within the footwear; the plurality of illumination sources emitting light, wherein the light first entering the batting and being diffused by the batting, the light diffused by batting exits the batting, enters the upper, diffused again by the upper and then exits the upper, the twice diffused light creating a visual impression of internal radiant illumination across an outer surface area of the upper.