US Patent Issued on June 10 for "Self-generating and vibrating functional shoe equipped with GPS device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,482, issued on June 10.

"Self-generating and vibrating functional shoe equipped with GPS device" was invented by Cheong Geun Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Byeong Am Bae (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a functional shoe configured to generate power when a user wearing the shoe walks, so that a battery there inside can be charged, and to supply the charged electricity to internal and external devices so as to be used for the purpose of user safety and device charging, and enable use of a location tracking function using a GPS device. A self-generating smart shoe according to the p...