Patent ID: 7032331

Claim:
A heel for a shoe comprising: a body with a permeability to light having a recess with an inner surface defined in the body and two channels defined in the inner surface of the recess respectively at two sides of the inner surface; a circuit board received in the recess and having two edges received respectively in the channels; multiple illuminating elements mounted on the circuit board; an integrated circuit (IC) unit mounted on the circuit board and electrically connected to the illuminating elements; a power source electrically connected to the illuminating elements through the integrated circuit unit to provide an electrical power to the illuminating elements; a switch electrically connected between the power source and the integrated circuit unit; a push button abutting against the switch to actuate the switch when the push button is pushed; and a cover attached to the body to close the recess and having a bore defined through the cover for the push button extending out from the bore.