(19)
(11) EP 1 530 916 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/18

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/20

(21) Application number: 04256982.2

(22) Date of filing: 11.11.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A43B 7/06(2006.01)
 A43B 17/08(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 12.11.2003 GB 0326354
09.11.2004 GB 0424625

(71) Applicant: Andrew, Terence Sidney
Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9QR (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Andrew, Terence Sidney
    Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9QR (GB)

(74) Representative: Brandon, Paul Laurence et al
APPLEYARD LEES, 15 Clare Road
Halifax HX1 2HY
Halifax HX1 2HY (GB)

   


(54) Footwear


(57) The invention relates to a footwear sole component and to an article of footwear (2) comprising such a sole component. There is provided a sole component, which is suitably an insole (1), which comprises toe and heel portions, (30), (20) connected by an arch portion (40), and is arranged, in use, to form a part of a sole of a closed article of footwear (2) having a foot chamber (90), wherein the sole component comprises at least one compressible passage (11) extending between first and second portions of the sole component and arranged, in use, to have openings into first and second regions of the foot chamber (90) such that air can be caused to travel from said passage (11) into a second region of the foot chamber (90), by a pumping effect caused by compression of the passage (11) along at least a part of its extent during a stage of a wearers walking cycle.







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