Patent ID: 7251907

Claim:
An apparatus for ventilating shoes, the shoe having a sole, a wall, an in-step area and an in-sole, comprising: a) pump means consisting of a cavity disposed in an arch area of the sole of the shoe whereby ambient air is drawn in from outside the shoe and distributed to the interior of the shoe actuated by the alternating expansion and contraction caused by a user walking in the shoe; b) a single intake port being disposed in the wall of the shoe for supplying outside air to said pump means, said intake being located above an upper surface of said sole; c) a plurality of conduits being disposed in the sole of the shoe for distributing air to the interior of the shoe, each said conduit having first and second ends, wherein said first end of each conduit is connected to said pump means and said second end of each conduit is spaced apart throughout the interior of the shoe; d) a plurality of egress ports being disposed on said second end of each said conduit only along said upper surface of said sole, said intake port being substantially greater in size than said egress ports; and, e) a plurality of sole bumps being disposed on the interior of the in-sole of the shoe to permit a foot of a user to be spaced away from the egress ports.