Footwear apparatus and methods of manufacture and use
View Patent ↗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.
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.