Patent ID: 8402676

Claim:
A flame-resistant shoe having a protective function against contaminants, including chemical toxins, comprising: a shoe body having a multilayer construction including an outer layer turned away from the foot when the shoe is worn and an inner layer turned toward the foot when the shoe is worn and integrated with the outer layer; an adsorption layer with an adsorption material including activated carbon that adsorbs contaminants is arranged between said outer layer and said inner layer, wherein said activated carbon is in the form of discrete activated carbon particles in granular or spherical form; wherein said outer layer includes the addition of a flame-inhibiting material which is selected from the group consisting of a coating and an impregnation, said flame-inhibiting material being made on the basis of (i) phosphoric acid compounds; (ii) metal salts; (iii) fluorinated polymers, and mixtures of two or more of the same compounds; and a spacer layer is additionally arranged between said inner layer and said adsorption layer, wherein said spacer layer includes a material selected from the group consisting of a non-woven material, a foam material, and a textile sheet material.