EP0960579A3 - Transpiring sole structure for footwear - Google Patents

Transpiring sole structure for footwear Download PDF

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EP0960579A3
EP0960579A3 EP99102783A EP99102783A EP0960579A3 EP 0960579 A3 EP0960579 A3 EP 0960579A3 EP 99102783 A EP99102783 A EP 99102783A EP 99102783 A EP99102783 A EP 99102783A EP 0960579 A3 EP0960579 A3 EP 0960579A3
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footwear
sole structure
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Attilio Attilieni
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/12—Special watertight footwear
    • A43B7/125—Special watertight footwear provided with a vapour permeable member, e.g. a membrane
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/06—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements ventilated
    • A43B7/08—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements ventilated with air-holes, with or without closures

Abstract

The structure has holes (7) open all along or part of an external edge of a sole (1) and open into a cavity provided inside the sole. A strip (11) of Gortex is selectively permeable to air but not to water and attached for a water proof closure of the holes. The holes are consecutively formed along the edge on a front and a rear portion of the sole.
EP99102783A 1998-05-14 1999-02-23 Transpiring sole structure for footwear Expired - Lifetime EP0960579B1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP20030026744 EP1402794A1 (en) 1998-05-14 1999-02-23 Transpiring sole structure for footwear

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IT98MI001053A IT1299246B1 (en) 1998-05-14 1998-05-14 BREATHABLE SOLE STRUCTURE FOR FOOTWEAR
ITMI981053 1998-05-14

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EP20030026744 Division EP1402794A1 (en) 1998-05-14 1999-02-23 Transpiring sole structure for footwear

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EP0960579A2 EP0960579A2 (en) 1999-12-01
EP0960579A3 true EP0960579A3 (en) 2000-02-23
EP0960579B1 EP0960579B1 (en) 2004-06-02

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US (1) US20010007176A1 (en)
EP (2) EP1402794A1 (en)
JP (1) JP2000023702A (en)
AT (1) ATE268128T1 (en)
DE (1) DE69917710D1 (en)
IT (1) IT1299246B1 (en)

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GB472955A (en) * 1936-06-16 1937-10-04 Us Rubber Prod Inc Improvements in rubber soled footwear
FR2116790A5 (en) * 1970-12-08 1972-07-21 Labelle Et Cie Shoe ventilation - by perforations backed by porous ptfe coated sheet to exclude water
FR2410448A1 (en) * 1977-11-30 1979-06-29 Maudouit Alain Ventilation rivet for shoe - is located in hole under plantar arch by flanges or insert ring and blocked by screen
EP0028289A1 (en) * 1979-07-28 1981-05-13 NATEC Institut für naturwissenschaftlich- technische Dienste GmbH A washable, sterilizable and/or disinfectable shoe formed in a single piece, and method and apparatus for making it
EP0479183A2 (en) * 1990-10-03 1992-04-08 POL SCARPE SPORTIVE S.r.l. Waterproof and transpiring outsole
US5233767A (en) * 1990-02-09 1993-08-10 Hy Kramer Article of footwear having improved midsole

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IT1232798B (en) 1989-02-17 1992-03-05 Pol Scarpe Sportive Srl BREATHABLE / WATERPROOF SOLE STRUCTURE FOR FOOTWEAR.
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB472955A (en) * 1936-06-16 1937-10-04 Us Rubber Prod Inc Improvements in rubber soled footwear
FR2116790A5 (en) * 1970-12-08 1972-07-21 Labelle Et Cie Shoe ventilation - by perforations backed by porous ptfe coated sheet to exclude water
FR2410448A1 (en) * 1977-11-30 1979-06-29 Maudouit Alain Ventilation rivet for shoe - is located in hole under plantar arch by flanges or insert ring and blocked by screen
EP0028289A1 (en) * 1979-07-28 1981-05-13 NATEC Institut für naturwissenschaftlich- technische Dienste GmbH A washable, sterilizable and/or disinfectable shoe formed in a single piece, and method and apparatus for making it
US5233767A (en) * 1990-02-09 1993-08-10 Hy Kramer Article of footwear having improved midsole
EP0479183A2 (en) * 1990-10-03 1992-04-08 POL SCARPE SPORTIVE S.r.l. Waterproof and transpiring outsole

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US20010007176A1 (en) 2001-07-12
ATE268128T1 (en) 2004-06-15
EP0960579A2 (en) 1999-12-01
DE69917710D1 (en) 2004-07-08
ITMI981053A1 (en) 1999-11-14
JP2000023702A (en) 2000-01-25
IT1299246B1 (en) 2000-02-29
EP1402794A1 (en) 2004-03-31

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