Patent ID: 6446359
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
Ventilated shoe sole structure able to be associated to an upper of a shoe, comprising:an outsole having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a first surface, and a first lateral surface, said top surface having a rear heel area, a forefoot area and a central plantar arch area between said heel area and said forefoot area; first ducts shaped as grooves and formed on said top surface from the heel area to the plantar arch and the forefoot areas; a seat in said heel area; one or more openings connecting the seat to an outside of the sole, each opening extending through the first lateral surface of said outsole in correspondence with the heel area; an insert counter-shaped to said seat, having at least a central area elastically compressible and a cavity on a lower surface of the insert under said central area; second ducts through said insert and extending from said cavity to an upper surface of said insert; third ducts shaped as grooves, formed on the upper surface of said insert and communicating with said first ducts, said second ducts and said openings; a gasket permeable to air but not to water interposed between said third ducts and said openings; and an insole disposed above said top surface of the outsole, and presenting one or more areas, formed of transpiring material, at least in correspondence with said first and third ducts permitting uniform diffusion of air inside the shoe.