Heel-cup for climbing shoes
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Abstract
A heel-cup structure for climbing shoes having increased edge-contact properties and friction on uneven surface where the heel area has a protrusion around the outer sole area under the heel and rimmed indentation between the heel counter and the outer sole. The heel-cup structure with protrusion of the outer sole made of soft, polymeric, synthetic rubber material provides a device to latch onto a thin edge of the rock surface in contact, to effectuate edging and heel-hooking.
Claims10
A heel-cup structure for climbing shoes where the heel-cup structure has a slanted open top, an inner surface shaped to be attached to as a part of a climbing shoe, and an outer surface with an upper part and a lower part, which are divided by an indentation, where the upper part forms a heel counter with a structure of ribbed patterns, the indentation is situated below the upper part and above the lower part, and the lower part that has a Hooking Rim, wherein the Hooking Rim has a protrusion of the outer surface of the heel-cup structure, surrounding a calcaneus of a user's foot in a horseshoe shape.
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