Patent ID: 7980917

Claim:
Apparatus for entertaining a child, comprising: an article of footwear which is to be worn on a foot of the child, including: (i) an upper connected to an outsole; (ii) a first electrical circuit carried by at least one of said upper and said outsole, said first electrical circuit having at least one battery, an RF transmitter and a first integrated circuit; (iii) a forward sensor coupled to said first electrical circuit, said forward sensor being mounted to said outsole in position to be actuated in response to each contact with a surface on which the child wearing the article of footwear is walking or running in a forward direction, said first integrated circuit being effective to cause said RF transmitter to emit a first signal in response to each actuation of said forward sensor; a toy vehicle, including: (i) a vehicle body having at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel; (ii) a second electrical circuit carried by said vehicle body, said second electrical circuit having at least one battery, an RF receiver, a second integrated circuit and a switch; (iii) a motor coupled to said second electrical circuit, said motor being drivingly connected to said at least one rear wheel or front wheel; whereby in response to input of said first signal to said RF receiver in said vehicle said second integrated circuit in said vehicle is effective to activate said motor to cause said toy vehicle to move in the same forward direction as the child wearing the article of footwear is walking or running.