Rechargeable Shoes

Rechargeable Shoes

Here at Patent Penders, one of our goals is to try and utilize some of the untapped sources of generating electricity that we come into contact with during our daily activities. In this idea we take advantage of something that each of us do on a daily basis… walking. With the aid of piezoelectric crystals (crystals that gain an electrical charge when strained by compression, and by twisting motions: Example: Quartz), we hope to developing a special piezoelectric shoe where the electricity is generated by our own walking movements and funneled into the heel of the shoe where it is stored. The heel of the shoe would be detachable and could be used to charge, or extend the battery life of a variety of common electrical items:

  • IPods
  • Cell phones
  • Laptops
  • Electric razors
  • Etc.

The shoe’s heel could be fitted with any number of electrical outputs, based upon desires of the customer. This invention will be beneficial and convenient not only to us as consumers, but to the environment as well .