Method for manufacturing breathable shoe
AssigneeGEOX S.p.A.
InventorMario Polegato Moretti
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Abstract
A breathable shoe, including: an upper assembly having a breathable upper; a membrane made of a material which is waterproof and breathable, and a sole made of perforated elastomer, which are all mutually attached such that the membrane is arranged between the upper assembly and the sole, and the sole is sealed perimetrically to the membrane, in a manner to prevent moisture to enter into the upper assembly from the sole through the membrane, and to permit moisture to leave the inside of the upper assembly through the membrane and through the sole. In one preferred embodiment, the membrane is first attached to the upper assembly so that the upper assembly is a unitary upper assembly including the membrane, and such unitary upper assembly is subsequently attached to the sole.
Claims13
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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.