Patent ID: 9301561
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: A41D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of cushioning comprising: providing a planar member having an integrally molded first surface and a second surface; engaging the user with the first surface of the planar member wherein said first surface comprises an array of resilient mounds wherein each mound of said array contains a resilient gel material; and cushioning a force applied to the planar member wherein the array of resilient mounds is adapted to partially deform in response to the force applied thereto wherein each mound compresses a relatively larger distance for a first incremental value of force applied, and thereafter compresses a relatively smaller distance for additional incremental increase of the value of force applied and wherein the mounds of the array of resilient mounds define at least one channel between said mounds and wherein said at least one channel remains open during maximum compression of said mounds.