Actively ventilated shoe
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1. An article of footwear, comprising:
- a ventilation system with at least one active ventilation element arranged in a midfoot area of the article of footwear; and
at least one air channel arranged in a sole area in an interior of the article of footwear comprising;
an inlet arranged in the interior of the article of footwear, configured to suck air out of the interior of the article of footwear; and
an outlet arranged in the interior of the article of footwear, configured to subsequently blow air sucked out of the interior of the article of footwear by the inlet back into the interior of the article of footwear,wherein the active ventilation element is arranged such that air is sucked out of the interior of the article of footwear through the inlet and blown into the interior of the article of footwear through the outlet.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an article of footwear, in particular a sports shoe, wherein the article of footwear includes a ventilation system with at least one active ventilation element arranged in a midfoot area of the article of footwear. Furthermore, the article of footwear includes at least one air channel with an inlet and an outlet which are arranged in the sole area in the interior of the article of footwear. The active ventilation element is arranged such that air is sucked from the interior of the article of footwear through the inlet and is blown into the interior of article of footwear shoe through the outlet.
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1. An article of footwear, comprising:
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a ventilation system with at least one active ventilation element arranged in a midfoot area of the article of footwear; and at least one air channel arranged in a sole area in an interior of the article of footwear comprising; an inlet arranged in the interior of the article of footwear, configured to suck air out of the interior of the article of footwear; and an outlet arranged in the interior of the article of footwear, configured to subsequently blow air sucked out of the interior of the article of footwear by the inlet back into the interior of the article of footwear, wherein the active ventilation element is arranged such that air is sucked out of the interior of the article of footwear through the inlet and blown into the interior of the article of footwear through the outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40)
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34. A ventilation system, comprising:
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an article of footwear including at least one active ventilation element arranged in a midfoot area of the footwear, and at least one air channel arranged in a sole area in an interior of the footwear comprising;
an inlet arranged in the interior of the article of footwear, configured to suck air out of the interior of the article of footwear, and an outlet arranged in the interior of the article of footwear, configured to subsequently blow air sucked out of the interior of the article of footwear by the inlet back into the interior of the article of footwear; anda sock having a first area and a second area, wherein the active ventilation element is arranged such that air is sucked out of the interior of the footwear through the inlet and blown into the interior of the footwear through the outlet, and wherein the second area of said sock is formed to at least partially overlap the air channel when worn on the foot of a user of the footwear. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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