| 摘要 |
A footwear ventilation system including the use of ventilation openings and integrally connected flap members. The invention includes the use of vent openings cut out of the side of a shoe. The vent openings may be of any shape to allow sufficient air flow therethrough. Around the periphery of each vent opening and the shoe, extends a perpendicularly oriented male track. A flap is integrally hinged to one side of the vent opening and has a integrally connected female track extending around the periphery of it. To close the vents, the female track of the flap is pushed onto the male track of the opening thereby facilitating a tight seal. When it is desired that the shoe be ventilated, the flap, being hinged to one edge of the opening, is pulled away from the opening, thereby disengaging the male and female tracks. In one embodiment of the invention, the flap or flaps, while integrally hinged to the shoe adjacent an opening, can be attached directly to the shoe. In the second embodiment of the invention, the flaps are adapted to be attached to each other for maintaining the shoe in the ventilated state.
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