Patent ID: 9622518
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. An article of apparel, comprising: a garment structure configured for receiving a human foot, wherein the garment structure includes one or more fabric elements, and wherein the garment structure is configured to provide a close fit to and completely contain an arch portion of the foot; and a foot position feedback system integrally formed in an arch portion of the garment structure, wherein the foot position feedback system includes: (a) a first region that extends across the arch portion of the garment structure, wherein the first region includes: (i) an upper medial end at a medial side of the garment structure and (ii) an upper lateral end at a lateral side of the garment structure, wherein the first region extends across a footbed portion of the garment structure from the upper lateral end to the upper medial end, wherein the first region has a higher compressive force application capability than a compressive force application capability of the fabric element making up a largest proportion of the garment structure, and wherein the upper medial end and the upper lateral end are completely separated from one another across an instep portion of the garment structure, and (b) a second region that extends across the arch portion of the garment structure from the medial side of the garment structure to the lateral side of the garment structure, wherein the second region has a higher compressive force application capability than the compressive force application capability of the fabric element making up the largest proportion of the garment structure and a different compressive force application capability than the compressive force application capability of the first region, and wherein the second region is completely surrounded by the first region.