Patent ID: 7114822

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a unit adapted to be manipulated by a user, said unit having a first electrical circuit including: (i) a recording unit capable of recording sound and playing back the recorded sound; (ii) a first switch; (iii) a transmitter coupled to said first switch and to said recording unit, said transmitter being effective to produce an RF signal representative of the sound recorded by said recording unit, and to transmit said RF signal in response to activation of said first switch; an article of footwear; a second electrical circuit mounted to said article of footwear, including: (i) at least one light source; (ii) a first integrated circuit coupled to said at least one light source; (iii) a second switch coupled to said first integrated circuit, said first integrated circuit being effective to illuminate said at least one light source in response to operation of said second switch; (iv) a loudspeaker; (v) a second integrated circuit coupled to said loudspeaker; (vi) a receiver operative to receive said RF signal from said transmitter, and then cause said second integrated circuit to sound said loudspeaker.