Patent ID: 8276294
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: A43B,B29D

Abstract:
1. A vapor-permeable element to be used in a composition of soles for shoes, comprising: a supporting frame, which delimits substantially at least one through hole; a membrane which is impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor and is arranged above said supporting frame so as to cover at least said through hole; at least one vapor-permeable or perforated protective layer for said membrane, which is arranged between said supporting frame and said membrane, so as to cover at least said through hole; said membrane and said at least one protective layer being joined, at least at their perimetric edges, to each other and to said supporting frame, said at least one protective layer, in cooperation with a tread of the sole with which it is associated, being available for contact with the ground during use of said sole; said supporting frame including a perimetric portion, which delimits said through hole, and a structural grid, which is monolithic with said perimetric portion, and is arranged in a region that forms said through hole; and said structural grid includes studs provided thereon for contact with the ground.