Patent ID: 7013579

Claim:
An article of footwear with temperature regulation means, the article comprising: a sole forming a bottom of the footwear; an upper fixed to said sole; an insole fixed to overlie an upper surface of said sole and overlie inwardly-extending edge portions of said upper; an insert for selective insertion and removal from the interior of the footwear and adapted, upon insertion, to overlie, said insole, said insert having in a selected surface thereof a groove having an inlet and an outlet in an edge of said insert, said groove winding substantially through out the length and width of the insert selected surface with a plurality of generally 180° turns therein; a tube disposed in the groove and extending throughout the length of the groove and having an inlet portion extending from the groove inlet at the edge of said insert and an outlet portion extending from the groove outlet at the edge of said insert; first and second tubes mounted on said upper and having first ends proximate said apertures and adapted for engagement with the tube inlet and outlet portions, and having second ends remote from said insert; and a reservoir having temperature influencing means therewith and connected to the remote ends of said first and second tubes; wherein temperature conditioned means is furnished from said reservoir through said tube to provide a selected temperature to said insert, and furnished back to said reservoir for a further cycle.