FOOTWEAR ASSEMBLIES WITH REMOVABLE ENHANCED TRACTION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100175280A1
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12686919

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Footwear assemblies including removable enhanced traction devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a footwear assembly includes a footwear product with an outsole that removably receives a traction enhancing device. The outsole includes a tread pattern having a plurality of channels corresponding to portions of the traction device. The traction device includes multiple webs or straps that carry studs or other types of protrusions for improved traction. When a user attaches the traction device to the footwear product, the channels in the outsole removably receive the corresponding webs, thereby positioning the protrusions to extend away from the outsole. The outsole can also include one or more channels extending around one or more peripheral portions of the footwear product (e.g., around the side, back and/or front) to receive corresponding portions of the traction device and retain the traction device on the footwear product.

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LACROSSE FOOTWEAR INC1407 ST ANDREW STREET LACROSSE WI 54602

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ludemann, John W Canby, US 10 151
Rakoczy, Casey R Portland, US 2 90
Rinehart,, JR Robert G Portland, US 1 59
Wojnar, Christopher J Portland, US 4 111

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