Patent ID: 9545130
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A43B

Claim:
1. A waterproof and vapor-permeable shoe, comprising: a sole, provided with a vapor permeation region; an assembly insole, which is covered, toward the sole, by at least one first gasket made of waterproof material, which has at least one vapor-permeable or perforated portion above said vapor permeation region, which, once assembled, covers an upper shoe assembly, which comprises at least one vapor-permeable lining, a vapor-permeable upper, and a waterproof and vapor-permeable upper membrane that is between them, said upper shoe assembly being associated with said assembly insole at least predominantly by AGO lasting, the upper shoe assembly including an upper lasting margin that is at least predominantly interposed and connected between the insole and the sole; and at least one second gasket made of waterproof material, the at least one second gasket adheres to said first gasket so as to form a waterproof seal and is glued to a lower edge of said upper lasting margin, wherein said second gasket forms a waterproof sealing region of said upper shoe assembly and said first gasket to said sole, leaving free for vapor permeation at least said vapor-permeable or perforated portion, wherein a lower rim of said upper membrane and the lower edge of said upper lasting margin are joined, folded and glued hermetically, according to AGO lasting, below a perimetric edge of said first gasket, and wherein he second gasket surmounts and straddles the lower edge of the upper lasting margin and said first gasket so that the second gasket is in direct contact with each of the upper lasting margin and the first gasket.