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US Patent for Plastic shoe with ventilation arrangement Patent (Patent # 5,369,895 issued December 6, 1994) - Justia Patents Search
Justia Patents UppersUS Patent for Plastic shoe with ventilation arrangement Patent (Patent # 5,369,895)
The invention relates to a plastic shoe with improved ventilation, in which the ventilation openings 7 located in the vamp area 6 of the shoe upper 5 are connected with one another by having their orifices located on the inside of the shoe upper 5 in a bulging out part 8. An additional arcuate chamber 9 is formed by the bulging out part 8 and is limited by the adjacent not bulging out part of the wall surface, which is dedicated, in connection with the ventilation openings 7, to a predetermined degree of good ventilation of the shoe in the area of the instep of the foot.(The reference numbers are those shown in FIG. 2.)
1. A ventilated shoe, the combination comprising:
a lower part having a sole portion with a foot supporting surface; and
a plastic upper part coupled to said lower part with a space formed between said upper and lower parts for receiving a foot of a wearer, said upper part having a wall with
an inside surface,
an outside surface, and
a vamp area with a plurality of ventilation openings extending between said inside and outside surfaces for ventilating said space and an arcuate recess formed on said inside surface of said wall and extending between said ventilation openings in said vamp area;
said inside surface being substantially smooth and free of abrupt transitions along said inside surface of said upper part.
2. A ventilated shoe according to claim 1, wherein
said arcuate recess is formed by gradually reducing the thickness of said wall of said upper part along said inside surface.
3. A ventilated shoe according to claim 2, wherein
said wall along said arcuate recess is approximately 25% to 75% thinner than said wall along the remaining portions of said upper part.
4. A ventilated shoe according to claim 3, wherein
said wall along said arcuate recess is approximately 50% thinner than said wall along the remaining portions of said upper part.
5. A ventilated shoe according to claim 2, wherein
said outside surface of said upper part along said arcuate recess forms a smooth transition with said outside surface of said upper part along the remaining portions of said upper part.
6. A ventilated shoe, the combination comprising:
a vamp area with a plurality of ventilation openings extending between said inside and outside surfaces for ventilating said space and a single, continuous, arcuate recess formed on said inside surface of said wall, said arcuate recess extending between said ventilation openings in said vamp area;
7. A ventilated shoe according to claim 6, wherein
8. A ventilated shoe according to claim 7, wherein
9. A ventilated shoe according to claim 8, wherein
10. A ventilated shoe according to claim 7, wherein
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Assignee: NATEC Institut fur naturwissenschaftlichtechnische Dienste (Hamburg)
Inventor: Winrich Hammerschmidt (Hamburg-Schenefeld)
Application Number: 7/840,589
Current U.S. Class: Uppers (36/3A); Ventilated (36/3R)