Heat moldable gel and foam composition

A process for making a heat moldable composition, the process comprising the steps of:

• combining a gelling agent, a resiliency component and a softening agent together to form a gel, said gelling agent being a thermoplastic polymer, said resiliency component being styrene-butadiene copolymer, and said softening agent being oil;
• providing a solid foam having a plurality of cells, said plurality of cells being at least partially hollow, said foam having a hardness greater than 16 on a Type “OO” scale durometer and less than 45 on a Type “A” scale durometer;
• infusing said gel into said foam to arrange said gel inside said plurality of cells to form the composition;
• choosing said foam, said gelling agent, said resiliency component and said softening agent to be of a type and to be of a quantity to cause the composition to have a hardness greater than 16 on a Type “OO” scale durometer and less than 45 on a Type “A” scale durometer and to soften to a hardness of less than 2 on a Type “OO” scale durometer at 50 degree C.

A heat moldable padding device comprising:

• a solid foam structure deformable into a plurality of shapes, said solid foam structure having a plurality of cells, said plurality of cells being at least partially hollow, said foam structure having a hardness greater than 16 on a Type “OO” scale durometer and less than 45 on a Type “A” scale durometer;
• a gelling agent for imparting rigidity to said composition, said gelling agent being a thermoplastic polymer;
• a resiliency component for imparting rubber-like resilient characteristics to said composition, said resiliency component being styrene-butadiene copolymer;
• a softening agent for controlling flowability of said composition, said softening agent being oil;
• said gelling agent, said resiliency component and said softening agent being mixed together to form a gel, said gel being arranged inside said plurality of cells of said foam structure to form the padding device;
• said foam structure, said gelling agent, said resiliency component and said softening agent being chosen to be of a type, and to be of a quantity, to cause the padding device to have a hardness greater than 16 on a Type “OO” scale durometer and less than 45 on a Type “A” scale durometer and to soften to a hardness of less than 2 on a Type “OO” scale durometer at a temperature of 50 degree C.