摘要 |
A ventilated shoe or insole having a uniform and continuous air channel extending from the heel portion of the sole portion or insole to the toe portion and opening, at the rear end thereof, into the air space outside the shoe or outside the insole, and at the front end thereof, into the inside of the shoe or onto the upper surface of the insole. According to the invention, the air channel is a channel formed by an elastic supporting structure and having a substantially standard cross section that as the stepping motion proceeds, closes tightly phase by phase substantially along the entire stretch thereof under the weight of the foot for transferring air according to the hose pump principle from outside of the shoe or insole into the inside of the shoe or into the upper surface of the insole along the air channel.
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