An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the article of footwear to the worn on a body. A wireless transmission circuit is included and a piezoelectric generator is positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to induce a voltage signal output. A voltage sensor is configured to sense the voltage profile and output a sensor signal indicative of the voltage profile. An electronic data storage, coupled to the voltage sensor, is configured to store voltage profile information based on the sensor data. A comparator, coupled to the electronic data storage, is configured to identify a change in the voltage profile information over time. The wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit data indicative of a physical status of the article of footwear based on the change in the voltage profile information over time.

A method to reproduce an original object includes receiving a 3D model of the original object; forming a reformable master shape from the 3D model by using a computer controlled shape actuator; impressing the reformable master shape into a reformable material to form a custom mold, the reformable material having a material state that is reversible between a solid condition stable force-resisting state and a flowable state by addition of a transition liquid; pouring a material into the custom mold while the reformable material is in the stable force-resisting state and fabricating a copy; adding the transition liquid to the reformable material to change the state of the reformable material from the stable force-resisting state to the flowable state; and reusing the reformable material to form another custom sole once the reformable material is in the flowable state.

A method to reproduce an original object includes receiving a 3D model of the original object; forming a reformable master shape from the 3D model by using a computer controlled shape actuator; impressing the reformable master shape into a reformable material to form a custom mold, the reformable material having a material state that is reversible between a solid condition stable force-resisting state and a flowable state by addition of a transition liquid; pouring a material into the custom mold while the reformable material is in the stable force-resisting state and fabricating a copy; adding the transition liquid to the reformable material to change the state of the reformable material from the stable force-resisting state to the flowable state; and reusing the reformable material to form another custom sole once the reformable material is in the flowable state.

A method for automated manufacturing of shoe soles comprises the steps of: loading a transfer device with at least one outsole element and at least one supporting element, positioning the loaded transfer device adjacent a first part and a second part of a sole mold, transferring the at least one outsole element from the transfer device to the first part and transferring the at least one supporting element from the transfer device to the second part of the sole mold, filling the sole mold with a plurality of individual particles, and applying a medium to bond and/or fuse the particles with each other and with the at least one outsole element.

A wearable article, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the wearable article to the worn on a body, a piezoelectric generator, positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to output a voltage, a data translator, coupled to the piezoelectric generator, configured to output electronic data based on the voltage, and an electronic data storage, coupled to the data translator, configured to store the electronic data from the data translator.

A wearable article, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the wearable article to the worn on a body, a piezoelectric generator, positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to output a voltage, a data translator, coupled to the piezoelectric generator, configured to output electronic data based on the voltage, and an electronic data storage, coupled to the data translator, configured to store the electronic data from the data translator.

The invention is a shoe cover dispenser (10) comprising a container (1) with two opposite containment sides (11, 12) and an opening for the insertion of a foot, and a plurality of shoe covers (2, 3) contained in said container (1), each shoe cover (2, 3) in turn comprising a covering provided with an opening (21, 31) for the insertion of a foot. Each shoe cover (2, 3) comprises a flexible strip (A, B) constrained along a part of the edge (22, 32) of said opening (21, 31) of the covering, and wherein the ends (A1, A2, B1, B2) of said strip (A, B) are respectively constrained to said opposite sides (11, 12), so that said strip is forcedly held between said sides (11, 12) while assuming the form of a U.

An article of footwear includes an injection molded outsole of a first material having a durometer reading of at least 28 to at most 38 on the Asker C scale, an injection molded insole of a second material having a durometer reading of at least 28 to at most 38 on the Asker C scale, and an upper, at least a section of a peripheral edge of the upper being sandwiched between the insole and the outsole.

An article of footwear includes an injection molded outsole of a first material having a durometer reading of at least 28 to at most 38 on the Asker C scale, an injection molded insole of a second material having a durometer reading of at least 28 to at most 38 on the Asker C scale, and an upper, at least a section of a peripheral edge of the upper being sandwiched between the insole and the outsole.

A cushioning member includes a first lattice structure and a second lattice structure. The first lattice structure includes a first network of struts and nodes with voids defined between the struts and nodes. The second lattice structure includes a second network of struts and nodes with voids defined between the struts and nodes. The first network of struts and nodes is interwoven with the second network of struts and nodes such that the first network of struts and nodes extends through the voids in the second network of struts and nodes.