Patent ID: 7546697

Claim:
A breathable shoe comprising: an assembly for wrapping around a foot insertion region of the shoe and comprising a breathable upper; at least one membrane having a supporting mesh coupled thereto and being made of a material that is waterproof and breathable and is connected with said assembly in a downward region of said assembly completely below said assembly and such that an upward-facing perimetral portion of the supporting mesh coupled to the membrane is arranged directly in contact with a downward-facing portion of said upper of said assembly; a sole being made of perforated elastomer and being joined to said upper and sealed perimetrically to said membrane; a protective element made of a material that is resistant to hydrolysis, water repellant, and breathable or perforated, said protective element being arranged below said membrane in a region between an upper part of said sole, said protective element lying inside an edge of said membrane for forming a seal with said sole.