Patent ID: 7726041

Claim:
A ventilating sole for a shoe, including a vent hole formed in a sidewall of the sole of the shoe, at least one air supply hole formed in an upper surface of the sole of the shoe, and an air passage, through which the air supply hole communicates with the vent hole, such that an outside air is supplied into the shoe, wherein a vent hole control device, which is configured to open or close the air passage through a knocking operation, is installed in the vent hole while having a part thereof exposed outside the sole of the shoe, wherein the vent hole control device comprises a casing unit which includes an opening through opposite ends thereof and is fitted into the vent hole, and knocking means provided in the casing unit, the knocking means coupled with a movable member to selectively advance and retract the movable member through an operation of pushing the knocking means to open or close the air passage for selective ventilation of the shoe by user selection.