Patent ID: 6990752

Claim:
A ventilated shoe for use by a person when riding a bicycle, said shoe comprising an outer sole having a toe portion, a heel portion and an arch portion separating said toe portion from said heel portion, and an inner sole disposed in contact with and over said outer sole, said outer sole having an outer face and an inner face, first ventilation ports provided at said toe portion of said outer sole and second ventilation ports provided at said heel portion of said outer sole, said first and second ventilation ports extending through entire thickness of said outer sole, support means comprising ridges formed in the inner face of said outer sole to spacedly rest said inner sole over the inner face of said outer sole, said ridges being defined by a plurality of depressions formed in the inner face of said outer sole and distributed and arranged to provide longitudinal, as well as central, intermediate and outer transverse ridges, openings being provided in said central and intermediate ridges and shaped as rounded recesses formed on upper faces of said central and intermediate ridges, said rounded recesses being respectively aligned to define air ducts extending between sais inner sole and said outer sole, and means allowing air to penetrate through said ventilation ports and arranged to cause said air to circulate between said outer sole and said inner sole.