Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Overshoes
Patent
1998-03-03
1999-10-19
Patterson, M. D.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Overshoes
36 75, 36 71R, A43B 310
Patent
active
059668407
ABSTRACT:
A footwear attachment device for releasable mounting on primary footwear, e.g., a boot or shoe, to provide enhanced traction. The primary footwear has an upper including a toe portion and a heel portion, a sole including a fore-foot portion and a heel portion. The attachment device comprising an integral member having a mounting ring, a forefoot-sole engaging portion, a heel-sole engaging portion, and plural connecting webs. The attachment device is preferably molded of a resilient material. The forefoot-sole engaging portion and the heel-sole engaging portion of the device are each a generally planar member mounted within the bounds of the ring by the connecting webs. The ring is stretchable to enable it to encircle the upper of the primary footwear to releasably mount it, so that its forefoot-sole engaging portion is engagement with the forefoot portion of the sole of the primary footwear, and its heel-sole engaging portion is in engagement with the heel portion of that sole. The forefoot-sole portion and the heel-sole portion of the attachment device each have a ground engaging surface, e.g., a multitude of organized or disorganized fibers, plural ridges, grooves, cleats or combinations thereof, for providing a desired type of traction. A pull tab is also provided on the ring to facilitate the mounting of the ring on the primary footwear. A disposable gritted pad having a pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided for releasable mounting on the ground engaging surface of the attachment device or on the sole of the primary footwear to enhance the traction provided thereby.
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"Easy-Wear Ice Cleats" sold by Carole Martin Gifts of Champlain NY.
"Spiky Slip Protection On Ice And Snow" sold by G.W.Russell & Associates, Ltd. of Allentown, PA.
"Rud Shoe Chain" sold by RUD-Kettenfabrik Rieger & Dietz of Germany.
A catalog page showing a "68 300 . . . Spiky plus," a "C/68 301 . . . Conti-Spiky," and a "A/68 310 00 Rud Quickstep" non-slip footwear attachments.
Bell Eric P.
Bell Jonathan Marc
Bell Michael
Bell Michael
Patterson M. D.
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