US Patent 8479411 Adjustably vented shoe and associated method

An adjustably vented shoe including a body adapted to cover an entire user foot therein. Such a body preferably has an outer surface provided with an opening formed therethrough. The shoe further includes a first plate statically interfitted within the opening, a mesh screen statically interfitted within the opening and abutted with the first plate respectively, and a second plate adjustably engaged with the first plate respectively. Notably, the first plate and the mesh screen remain stationary while the second plate is dynamically displaced between open and closed positions relative to the first plate and the mesh screen respectively. In this manner, the mesh screen is exposed to ambient air when the second plate is displaced to the open position such that air is permitted to freely ingress and egress the shoe via the mesh screen.