An apparatus and method for enhancing physiological thermoregulation, the apparatus including a housing configured to contact a foot of a user, wherein the housing includes a cooling element; and a plurality of sensors configured to generate a biometric datum; at least a processor communicatively connected to the plurality of sensors; and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive the biometric datum from the plurality of sensors; and control the cooling element as a function of the biometric datum.

The present invention is directed toward an article of footwear effective to regulate the temperature of the feet of a wearer. In an embodiment, the article of footwear includes an upper and an insole with a thermal effect membrane. The thermal effect membrane contains a plurality of system-reactive components selectively engaged heat and/or moisture. In an embodiment, the printed coating includes a cooling agent, a phase change material, and a heat dissipation material. The bottom of the sole structure of the article of footwear further includes a multiple openings in the forefoot, midfoot, and hindfoot regions. The multiple openings promote airflow into the interior of the upper. In operation, the article of footwear is effective to delay/diminish the rise in skin temperature (compared to footwear lacking the membrane and/or openings), increasing wearer comfort.

A wearable, portable, self-contained refrigeration/cooling garment may effectively convert the energy of human movement into heat flux. The heat flux can then used to actively control the temperature of the human body or of part of it. In one example of the present disclosure, the garment is a type of footwear powered by the wearer's ambulation.

The present invention discloses a cooling insole and a cooling shoe. The insole is configured to be connected to a shoe upper and form an accommodating space between with the shoe upper. The cooling insole and the cooling shoe include a supporting member and a supporting insole. The supporting member is provided with a blowing device and a blowing channel. One end of the blowing channel is connected to the blowing device, and the other end is connected to an upper surface of the supporting member. The supporting insole is arranged on the upper surface of the supporting member and forms a hollow layer with the upper surface of the supporting member. The blowing device sucks air from the accommodating space, and the air flows from the hollow layer to the accommodating space through the blowing channel, to accelerate the circulation of the air in the accommodating space.

The present invention relates to an insole containing one or more cavities, wherein said one or more cavities contain a component capable of a physiochemical reaction, as well as articles of footwear containing the insole and methods of making the insole. The invention also relates to methods of heat transfer between an article of footwear and a foot of a wearer of the article of footwear, the method including priming the insole, wherein the priming initiates the physiochemical reaction.

A temperature-adjustment shoe sole, including a supporting member. The supporting member is provided with an air guide channel. A semiconductor temperature control unit, wherein the semiconductor temperature control unit is arranged in the supporting member. The semiconductor temperature control unit has a first temperature control end and a second temperature control end. The first temperature control end of the semiconductor temperature control unit is in contact with an air fluid in an accommodating space to generate a first air fluid. The second temperature control end of the semiconductor temperature control unit is in contact with the air fluid in the accommodating space to generate a second air fluid.

The present invention relates to an insole containing one or more cavities, wherein said one or more cavities contain a component capable of a physiochemical reaction, as well as articles of footwear containing the insole and methods of making the insole. The invention also relates to methods of heat transfer between an article of footwear and a foot of a wearer of the article of footwear, the method including priming the insole, wherein the priming initiates the physiochemical reaction.

A temperature-adjustment shoe sole, including a supporting member. The supporting member is provided with an air guide channel. A semiconductor temperature control unit, wherein the semiconductor temperature control unit is arranged in the supporting member. The semiconductor temperature control unit has a first temperature control end and a second temperature control end. The first temperature control end of the semiconductor temperature control unit is in contact with an air fluid in an accommodating space to generate a first air fluid. The second temperature control end of the semiconductor temperature control unit is in contact with the air fluid in the accommodating space to generate a second air fluid.

The method as the subject of the present invention relates to a method of generating heat and freshness in a flexible material, wherein the flexible material comprises a sealed unit filled with gas, and when pressure is applied to the flexible material, such as when the feet of a person or animal are pressed on the ground, or when a tire comes into contact with a road, the gas trapped in its unit is compressed and expanded.

Flexible materials are preferably made of silicone or other elastic or hyperelastic elastomers, and consist of three layers: A layer with a so-called cold battery, whose geometric shape or hardness allows for compression before the so-called hot battery, The layer with a so-called hot battery has a geometric shape or hardness that prevents it from being compressed during the compression period of a so-called cold battery, The middle layer between the first two layers, including nozzles with geometric shapes suitable for good gas expansion.

These three layers are stacked and assembled in a sealed manner, so that each so-called cold unit is connected to the so-called hot unit through one of the nozzles.

This method can be implemented in shoe soles to maintain a cool temperature when running on burning ground or keeping warm on frozen ground, as these shoe soles are therefore reversible.

At each step, the foot will compress the so-called cold chamber, and all gases will be compressed into the so-called hot chamber through the nozzle. Compressed gas will naturally heat up according to the laws of thermodynamics. When the foot leaves the ground and there is no longer compression, the flexible material will recover its volume through the elasticity of the material, and the so-called cold bubble will suck in gas from the so-called hot bubble, thereby relaxing the gas through the nozzle, which will naturally cool the gas according to the same law. As long as a person walks or runs, the cycle will continue.

A climate control system for a shoe is provided and includes a pumping assembly, a discharge-end assembly and a suction-end assembly. The pumping assembly is formed in a one-piece structure and includes a first layer structure, a second layer structure and a plurality of supporting structures located inside a chamber formed between the first layer structure and the second layer structure and integrally connected between the first layer structure and the second layer structure. When the pumping assembly is forced to be resiliently compressed, air inside the pumping assembly is driven to flow toward the discharge-end assembly and then flow out of the discharge-end assembly to an interior of the shoe through a plurality of ventilation openings. When the pumping assembly is released to resiliently recover, ambient air is driven to flow toward the pumping assembly through the suction-end assembly. Besides, a related shoe sole is also provided.