A43C 15/068
Climbing devices or attachments
Official title: {Climbing devices or attachments, e.g. glacier crampons, mountain climbing irons}
A43C15/068 (Climbing devices or attachments) appears on 46 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43C- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 66
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Adjustable length crampon16 Jun 2026US 12,653,278 B2BLUE ICE Europe
- Footwear traction device and method of using the same2 Jun 2026US 12,642,333 B2Kahtoola, Inc.
- Connection system for crampons7 Apr 2026US 12,593,895 B2Camp S.P.A. Costruzione Articoli Montagna—Premana
- Crampon with embedded cleats10 Dec 2024US 12,161,198 B2Hillsound Equipment Inc.
- Roofing traction shoe chassis and method of donning said chassis to a shoe12 Sep 2023US 11,751,637 B1
- Crampon and method of use3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256248 A1Zedel
- Adjustable length crampon20 Nov 2025US 2025/0351924 A1BLUE ICE Europe
- Connection system for crampons6 Feb 2025US 2025/0040664 A1Camp S.P.A. Costruzione Articoli Montagna—Premana
- Removable beveled traction device2 Jan 2025US 2025/0000212 A1Joneric Products, Inc.
- Footwear traction device and method of using the same22 Feb 2024US 2024/0057723 A1Kahtoola, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Crampon binding40US 4,353,172 A1982
- Crampton having interchangeable pick elements39US 4,910,883 A1990
- Snowshoe binding and ice crampon or the like36US 4,620,375 A1986
- Snowshoe for receiving crampons36US 5,901,471 AAtlas Snowshoe Company · 1999
- Footwear and accessory device30US 6,481,121 B1Montrail Corporation · 2002