Patent ID: 8245416

Claim:
A waterproof and vapor-permeable shoe, comprising: a bottom shoe part, which comprises a sole that is perforated through from a tread toward a foot resting region; a top shoe part, which surrounds a foot completely and in turn comprises, from inside outwardly: a vapor-permeable or perforated lining; a membrane, which is waterproof and vapor-permeable and surrounds the foot completely; a vapor-permeable or perforated upper; an outer bottom portion of said top shoe part, which is superimposed on a perforated area of said sole, being constituted by a portion of said membrane, a vapor-permeable or perforated protective element for said portion of the membrane being provided below said portion of the membrane and above the tread of said sole, material arranged below said portion of the membrane and in direct contact therewith being waterproof and/or not retaining liquids, a water sealing region being provided between said portion of the membrane and said sole, around the perforated area of said sole, and separating flaps of said upper from the perforated area of said sole.