Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Hollow or container type article
Patent
1996-03-13
1998-06-16
Nold, Charles
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Hollow or container type article
525218, 523105, 523300, 524521, 524310, C08L 3324
Patent
active
057667047
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides a conforming medium containing gels for customized fitting components, such as those used in a shoe. The invention further includes environmentally-responsive gels that are temperature-responsive so that they will react to body heat to transition from a liquid to a gel state or a gel state to a liquid state. The invention optionally includes thermally-sensitive dyes and other colorants in the environmentally-responsive gels. Furthermore, the invention is directed to an article for conforming to the contours of an object having isolation means, such as a bladder of a flexible member, to contain the environmentally-responsive gel therein.
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Allen Bernie
Javni Ivan
Petrovic Zoran
Acushnet Company
Nold Charles
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