Patent ID: 8732866

Claim:
A fabric construction, comprising: a fabric layer; a plurality of electrical sensory transducers arranged in a desired pattern, at least two of the transducers each being mounted on a separate non-conductive pad; a drive and control circuit for the transducers forming a module displaced from the transducers and removably located on a rear surface of the fabric layer; an electrical harness for electrically interconnecting the sensory transducers on the separate pads; an appliqué on a front surface of the fabric layer, the sensory transducers and electrical harness being positioned between the appliqué and the front surface of the fabric layer, the appliqué forming a non-apertured continuous covering layer for the transducers and harness and being adhered to the transducers and harness and to the front surface of the fabric layer over substantially its entire area to bond the appliqué to the fabric layer maintain the transducers and harness in a fixed position with respect to the appliqué and fabric layer; and mating releasable connection means extending through the fabric layer to operatively connect the harness to the drive and control circuit, the drive and control circuit module having one mating portion of the releasable connection means.