Patent ID: 6904705

Claim:
A shoe with a permeable and breathable upper that covers, at least partially, an impermeable breathable sole, comprising: a wraparound upper made of natural leather or synthetic leather; a sole layer that is made of rubber or elastomer and connected internally to said upper; nubs, provided at said sole layer, that pass through holes provided in said upper, said nubs constituting, as a whole, a tread, with at least some of said nubs having at least one through hole; a protective layer that is provided breathable or perforated; a membrane that is permeable to vapor and impermeable to water; a breathable or perforated insole; or anatomical inner sole, said protective layer, membrane, insole and inner sole being arranged in succession from a lower part to an upper part of the shoe, and at least at said holes of said nubs, above said sole layer and wherein said protective layer and said membrane have edges thereof that are substantially adjacent and joined hermetically to said sole layer and to said inner sole to form a hermetic coupling.