EP 1994843 A1 20081126 - Forced ventilation footwear
Title (en)
Forced ventilation footwear
Title (de)
Schuhwerk mit Zwangslüftung
Title (fr)
Chaussure à aération forcée
Publication
Application
Priority
IT RM20070282 A 20070523
Abstract (en)
The present innovation relates to forced ventilation (1) footwear comprising an outsole (2); an insole (6); at least one air inlet opening (7) formed in the exterior surface of said shoe (1); at least one air outlet opening (15) formed in said insole (6) to permit the delivery of air into said footwear (1); and pumping means (6', 8, 11, 14) communicating with said at least one inlet opening (7) and said at least one outlet opening (15), and which may be actuated by the compression of a wearer's foot on said insole (6) during use so as to activate the passage of a flow of air from said at least one inlet opening (7), and direct said flow of air to the inside of said shoe (1) through said at least one outlet opening (15); said shoe (1) being characterised in that it further comprises a housing (9) disposed along the path of said flow of air, through which said flow of air is forced to pass during the pumping action of said pumping means (6', 8, 11, 14); and air treatment means (10) removably installed in said housing (9).
IPC 8 full level
A43B 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A43B 1/0045 (2013.01); A43B 7/081 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- WO 2007010583 A1 20070125 - GENERAZIONE S R L [IT], et al
- US 2006143943 A1 20060706 - CHO JONG S [KR], et al
- US 6370799 B1 20020416 - THATCHER REED E [US]
Citation (search report)
- [X] US 2004221481 A1 20041111 - REGEN PAUL LEWIS [US]
- [PX] WO 2007057388 A1 20070524 - MIAO YOU CING [IT]
- [X] WO 9409661 A1 19940511 - SUGDEN KURT DAVID [GB]
- [A] US 5921003 A 19990713 - KIM INSOP [US]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL BA MK RS
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 08425344 A 20080516; IT RM20070282 A 20070523