Device for assisting child shoe application

Abstract

The present invention is a training shoe that teaches children how to distinguish their right foot from their wrong foot and also how to tie their shoe.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A pair of shoes for indicating to a child that correct shoe of the pair of shoes has been placed on a correct foot of the child, each shoe comprising:
 a planar device having a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side, wherein the planar device is adapted to be inserted into the shoe in an area where a big toe of the child will be disposed when the shoe is worn on the correct foot, wherein the planar device includes a sensor configured to sense a pressure exerted by the big toe and a generator configured to responsively produce one of a vibration, a noise, and/or a light in response to a pressure exerted on the sensor of the big toe;   a flexible shoelace in each shoe of the pair of shoes; and   four magnets disposed within each flexible shoelace at equally spaced points aligned to attract one another to form two hoops.   
     
     
         2 . A pair of shoes for indicating to a child that correct shoe of the pair of shoes has been placed on a correct foot of the child, each shoe comprising:
 a planar device having a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side, wherein the planar device is adapted to be inserted into the shoe in an area where a big toe of the child will be disposed when the shoe is worn on the correct foot, wherein the planar device includes a sensor configured to sense a pressure exerted by the big toe and a generator configured to responsively produce one of a vibration, a noise, and/or a light in response to a pressure exerted on the sensor of the big toe;   a shoelace; and   a battery powered unit in the shoelace at a center point of the shoelace, wherein each shoelace further comprises an audio source with speakers configured to produce a confirmation sound when the child places either one of the pair of shoes on a correct foot.