VENTILATED SHOE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: shoe industry. SUBSTANCE: ventilated shoe has top and bottom parts. Bottom part defines, together with resilient sole, air pump chamber provided with inlet and outlet valves and plate spring extending along the whole length of sole. Spring has resilience increasing from toe to heel part. Pump is connected with air intaking channel and communicated with shoe inner cavity in zone adjacent to leg fingers via fanlike channels connected through common mouth. Air pump chamber is filled with porous shock-absorbing material. EFFECT: simplified construction, improved hygienic properties, provision for manufacture for wider range of high-heel shoes. 3 cl, 4 dwg