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Footwear for improving the visibility of the wearer uses a circuit including a mechanically operated pressure switching mechanism, disposed in the footwear, to turn a lighting system off and on. The switch is responsive to pressure from the foot of the wearer. When a wearer raises a foot from the gr

Footwear for improving the visibility of the wearer uses a circuit including a mechanically operated pressure switching mechanism, disposed in the footwear, to turn a lighting system off and on. The switch is responsive to pressure from the foot of the wearer. When a wearer raises a foot from the ground, the lighting system is activated. When the foot is returned to the ground, the lighting system is deactivated. The system may be disabled by removing a source of power from the circuit, or through the provision of a mechanically operable deactivation mechanism.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Footwear for improving visibility of a wearer thereof, said footwear including an upper portion for contacting an upper surface of a wearer's foot and a sole portion for underlying a lower surface of the wearer's foot and supporting the wearer's foot against the ground, t

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Footwear for improving visibility of a wearer thereof, said footwear including an upper portion for contacting an upper surface of a wearer's foot and a sole portion for underlying a lower surface of the wearer's foot and supporting the wearer's foot against the ground, the improvement comprising:a cavity formed in said sole portion, said cavity having an upper surface and a lower surface;a plug-in module, slidably insertable into and removable from said cavity, said plug-in module including:a light source disposed in said plug-in module such that light emitted from said light source is visible exteriorly of said plug-in module;a power source for energizing said light source; and,switch means, operatively responsive to close when the wearer's foot is removed from the ground, for selectively connecting said power source to said light source to cause illumination of said light source, said switch means being operatively responsive to open when the wearer's foot is applied to the ground, thereby extinguishing the illumination of said light.