Footwear traction device and method of using the same
AssigneeKahtoola, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Bunch, Bradford Lever
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed toward a device that can be worn over footwear to provide traction, such as on slick or slippery surfaces, in snow, or on ice.
Claims20
A footwear traction device comprising a polymeric traction base comprising a cleat, wherein the footwear traction device is configured such that the polymeric traction base engages with a ground surface during use, wherein the cleat comprises a cross-sectional shape that has four concave sides and chamfered corners, wherein the cleat comprises a frusto-pyramid-like shape and comprises a stepped surface.
A footwear traction device configured to be disposed about footwear comprising
- an openwork traction base defining a first opening and a second opening,
- the first opening defined by a first polygonal form having at least four sides with each side having 1 to 4 cleats coupled thereto and relatively positioned such that the first opening is predominantly below a forefoot during use;
- the second opening defined by a second polygonal form having at least three sides and relatively positioned such that the second opening is predominantly below a midfoot and/or a hindfoot during use,
- the openwork traction base having coupled thereto at least one cleat that is disposed predominantly below the hindfoot during use, and
- wherein the openwork traction base and cleats comprise a polymeric material with a hardness of Shore 80A to Shore 98A.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.