Articles and products for preventing or minimizing temperature increase
of a person or object (see the figure). The articles include a base material, and
at least one temperature-stabilizing material integral with and dispersed throughout
the base material. The temperature-stabilizing materials can be phase change materials
and have phase change temperatures. Products can contain a plurality of articles
and each article can have a phase change temperature the same as or different than
those of other articles in the product. Products include footwear, protective apparel
and the like.
