US 11,918,083 B2
Footwear traction devices and systems and mechanisms for making durable connections to soft body materials
Christopher Bunch, Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Assigned to KAHTOOLA, INC., Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Filed by KAHTOOLA, INC., Flagstaff, AZ (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/017,734.
Application 16/017,734 is a continuation of application No. 14/573,790, filed on Dec. 17, 2014, granted, now 10,004,298.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/917,345, filed on Dec. 17, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0166955 A1, Jun. 6, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43C 15/06 (2006.01); A43C 15/02 (2006.01); A43C 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 15/061 (2013.01) [A43C 15/02 (2013.01); A43C 15/04 (2013.01); A43C 15/063 (2013.01); A43C 15/066 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear securing member comprising a section of a first material, the section having at least a top surface and a bottom surface, the footwear securing member comprising
at least one connecting body of a second material, the connecting body comprising
a hub being configured to connect to an object, the hub having a proximal end and a distal end, the hub extending at least partially between the top surface and the bottom surface of the section of the first material and
a flange radially projecting from the hub,
the flange being encapsulated by the first material forming an interface between the flange and the first material and
wherein the first material and the second material are polymeric, and wherein the interface consists of the first material fused to the second material.