Footwear apparatus and methods of manufacture and use

• US 7,662,176 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2006
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Franklin Mountain Investments Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Vomaris Innovations, Inc.
• Inventors: Skiba, Jeffry B., Schneider, Lawrence A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno; Carl H
• Assistant Examiner(s): MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE
• Application Number:
  US11/506,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20070088341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,278 Days
• Field of Search: 607 1- 2, 607/111, 607/144
• US Class Current: 607/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0045 made at least partially of deodorant means
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/003 characterised by the material made of wood A43B17/12, made of sponge, rubber or plastic materials A43B17/14
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/04 with metal insertions or coverings
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/10 specially adapted for sweaty feet; waterproof
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/1455 with special properties
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/0404 for external use A61N1/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/205 for promoting a biological process
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/303 Constructional details electrodes for external use A61N1/0428

Abstract

A footwear apparatus includes multiple first reservoirs and multiple second reservoirs joined with a substrate. Selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proximate to a first substrate surface. Selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs include an oxidizing agent, and second reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs are proximate to the first substrate surface.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a footwear apparatus, the method comprising:

joining, with a substrate, multiple first reservoirs wherein selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and wherein first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proximate to a first substrate surface; and

joining, with the substrate, multiple second reservoirs wherein selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs include an oxidizing agent, and wherein second reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs are proximate to the first substrate surface, wherein joining the multiple first reservoirs and joining the multiple second reservoirs comprises;

combining the multiple first reservoirs, the multiple second reservoirs, and multiple parallel insulators to produce a pattern repeat arranged in a first direction across a plane, the pattern repeat including a sequence of a first one of the parallel insulators, one of the multiple first reservoirs, a second one of the parallel insulators, and one of the multiple second reservoirs; and

weaving multiple transverse insulators through the first parallel insulator, the one first reservoir, the second parallel insulator, and the one second reservoir in a second direction across the plane to produce a woven apparatus.

2. A fabric structure comprising:

a substrate;

multiple first reservoirs joined with the substrate, wherein selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs include a reducing agent, and wherein first reservoir surfaces of selected ones of the multiple first reservoirs are proximate a first substrate surface;

multiple second reservoirs joined with the substrate, wherein selected ones of the multiple second reservoirs include an oxidizing agent, and wherein second reservoir surfaces of selected one of the multiple second reservoirs are proximate the first substrate surface;

a first insulator formed from at least one first parallel insulator thread arranged in a first direction across a plane;

the multiple first reservoirs include a first reservoir formed from at least one first reservoir thread, the first reservoir being arranged next to and substantially parallel to the first insulator;

a second insulator formed from at least one second parallel insulator thread arranged next to and substantially parallel to the first reservoir; and

the multiple second reservoirs include a second reservoir formed from at least one second reservoir thread, the second reservoir being arranged next to and substantially parallel to the second insulator.

3. The fabric structure of claim 2, further comprising:

at least one transverse insulator, formed from at least one transverse insulator thread, woven through the first insulator, the first reservoir, the second insulator, and the second reservoir in a second direction across the plane.