Ventilated sole shoe construction

Claim 1

A ventilating sole construction for use in combination with a shoe comprising, a sole means including a ventilating sole contiguously positioned to an outer sole lasted to an upper of said sole, and said ventilating sole including a conduit means formed with two ends secured to said ventilating sole within the interior of said shoe at one end and to a source of air exteriorly of said shoe at its other end, and said ventilating sole including a plurality of chambers separated by vane means, and intercommunicating means enabling air introduced into said ventilating sole to be directed into said plurality of chambers, and wherein said intercommunicating means comprises a plurality of openings formed in each of said vane means, and wherein said vane means is formed in a generally "V" shaped memory retentent flexible material with said plurality of openings aligned and conformed at the apex of each of said vane means, and wherein a porous cushioned inner sole is secured in overlying relationship to said ventilating sole to enable air within said chambers to be directed through said porous inner sole to the interior of said shoe, and wherein said vane means are rearwardly directed with each apex rearwardly directed and positioned medially of said inner sole and said outer sole, said conduit means is formed with a screen overlying said conduit at its other end to prevent debris from entering said conduit, and wherein said conduit means includes a check valve to prevent air introduced into said ventilated sole from escaping from the plurality of chambers, and wherein a plug means is secured to a support boss overlying and proximate said other end of said conduit to enable said plug means to be manually positioned over said other end to plug same when ventilation of said ventilated sole is not desired.