| US 7,546,697 B2 | ||
| Method for manufacturing breathable shoe | ||
| Mario Polegato Moretti, Crocetta Del Montello (Italy) | ||
| Assigned to GEOX S.p.A., Montebelluna (Italy) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/932,859. | ||
| Application 11/177668 is a division of application No. 10/902783, filed on Aug. 02, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Application 11/932859 is a continuation of application No. 11/625468, filed on Jan. 22, 2007, granted, now 7,370,382. | ||
| Application 11/625468 is a continuation of application No. 11/177668, filed on Jul. 11, 2005, abandoned. | ||
| Application 10/902783 is a continuation of application No. 10/009482, granted, now 6,823,609, previously published as PCT/EP01/04050, filed on Apr. 09, 2001. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. PD2000A0091 (IT), filed on Apr. 13, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0052956 A1, Mar. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 7/06 (2006.01); A43B 23/07 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—30R [36/3 B; 36/55] | 13 Claims |
| 1. 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.
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