Safety shoes with a ventilation structure are provided. The safety shoes include a toecap on a front inner part, a plurality of longitudinal ventilation holes formed at one side of the toecap, an outer skin with an opening which laterally extends to overlap and communicate with the ventilation hole, the outer skin joined with an outer surface of the toecap, and an inner skin formed of a waterproof and breathable function material and joined with the inside of the opening. Thus, user's feet may be maintained always agreeably.

A ventilation apparatus including a pump, a switching unit, and a fluid diffuser is provided. The pump attached to the footwear pumps fluid into and exhausts fluid from a cavity of the footwear. The switching unit in communication with the pump selectively changes modes of operation of the pump. The fluid diffuser connected to the pump within the cavity of the footwear includes a feed pipe for transferring the fluid pumped from the pump to the cavity of the footwear during a pump mode of operation and to transfer the fluid in the cavity of the footwear to an ambient environment external to the footwear during an exhaust mode of operation, for ventilating the footwear. In one or more embodiments, the fluid diffuser includes a diffusing member with one or more openings and/or a fluid distribution channel member for transferring the fluid to and from the cavity of the footwear.

A massaging compression garment, comprising a body that includes a stretchy textile and a plurality of coin vibration motors coupled to the inside surface of the garment body. A battery is electrically coupled to the coin vibration motors. A power switch controls the flow of power from the battery to the coin vibration motors to cause them to vibrate.

A textile upper for an article of footwear includes at least one microclimate modulation structure located at one or more regions of the upper. In an embodiment, a microclimate modulation structure includes a plurality of knitted strands, the knitted strands including a first strand type and a second strand type, the first strand type having a greater thermal conductivity than the second strand type. In another embodiment, the microclimate modulation structure includes an uneven surface that includes a plurality of knitted beams and a plurality of indentations defined between the knitted beams.

A footwear having a housing seat for a foot and an active control system for actively controlling temperature and humidity inside the housing seat is provided. The active control system has an electronic control unit, a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor operatively connected to the electronic control unit for supplying the electronic control unit with a first electrical signal bearing information correlated to the temperature inside the housing seat and a second electrical signal bearing information correlated to the humidity inside the housing seat, respectively. The active control system has at least one temperature control element operatively connected to the electronic control unit and controllable for varying the temperature inside the housing seat, and at least one humidity control element that is operatively connected to the electronic control unit, controllable for varying the humidity inside the housing seat, and configured to vary the humidity by electrolysis.

An airbag device includes a wear and an elastic module mounted on the wear. The wear has a wearing space. The elastic module is mounted in the wearing space of the wear and includes a first air bag, a second air bag, a first control valve and a second control valve. The first control valve is connected with the first air bag and is provided with a first oneway air inlet and a first oneway air outlet. The second control valve is connected between the first air bag and the second air bag and is provided with a second oneway air inlet and a second oneway air outlet. The second control valve and the first control valve are operated synchronously.

According to embodiments of the invention, a precursor sheet is formed by injecting an EVA-based material into a mold cavity. The mold cavity is configured to create a series of indentations through a first portion of the precursor sheet and into a second portion of the precursor sheet. The precursor sheet is removed from the mold cavity and the second portion of the precursor sheet is removed from the first portion of the precursor sheet to create an isolated sheet with a series of through-holes. The isolated sheet is then formed into a portion of a shoe.

A bonded mesh composite panel can be used to form a three-dimensional upper shell that includes extensions used for double-lasting and/or to otherwise provide a shelf to support foam padding. The foam padding may be, e.g., a foam midsole. The extensions of the upper shell may be located in a lower portion of the shell and may be bonded to the foam midsole in a heel, midfoot and/or forefoot regions.

An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper attached to the sole structure. The upper is formed from a textile including interlocked strands oriented in a predetermined configuration. The strands include one or more inelastic strands operable to provide stretch and/or recovery properties to the upper.

Safety shoes with a ventilation structure are provided. The safety shoes include a toecap on a front inner part, a plurality of longitudinal ventilation holes formed at one side of the toecap, an outer skin with an opening which laterally extends to overlap and communicate with the ventilation hole, the outer skin joined with an outer surface of the toecap, and an inner skin formed of a waterproof and breathable function material and joined with the inside of the opening. Thus, user's feet may be maintained always agreeably.