摘要 |
A footwear sole component and an article of footwear (2) comprising such a sole component which is suitably an insole 1 and which comprises a toe portion 30 and a heel portion 20 connected by an arch portion 40, the sole component being 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 a first portion of the sole component and a second portion of the sole component, which passage 11 is arranged, in use, to have an opening into a first region of the foot chamber (90) and an opening into a second region 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. |