Boots – shoes – and leggings – Sole-attaching means – Detachable soles
Patent
1996-05-10
1998-03-17
Kavanaugh, Ted
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Sole-attaching means
Detachable soles
36 75, 36113, A43C 1300
Patent
active
057273340
ABSTRACT:
A shoe having a replaceable sole pad for use by roofers is provided wherein the shoe has a thin lower flexible portion with a sheet or layer of hook fasteners of the hook-and-loop type fastener system disposed on a bottom surface thereof, and wherein a replaceable sole pad is provided having a sheet or layer of the corresponding loop elements provided on an upper surface thereof. The sole pad is constructed of a high density, closed-cell foam that provides greatly improved traction on roofing surfaces, thereby improving worker safety and productivity or efficiency, and provides adequate durability to make the shoe with the replaceable soles cost justifiable, when factoring in the improved productivity. The sole pad is installed and removed from the shoe in the conventional manner in which two object are fastened and unfastened by the use of hook-and-loop fasteners.
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Kavanaugh Ted
Kerins John C.
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