US 12,029,663 B2
Traction system for an ambulatory support
Tobie D. Hatfield, Lake Oswego, OR (US); Austin J. Orand, Portland, OR (US); George A. Xanthos, Beaverton, OR (US); Aron Kristbjorn Albertsson, Hafnarfjordur (IS); Bjarni Andresson, Seltjarnarnes (IS); Arinbjorn Viggo Clausen, Reykjavik (IS); Christophe Guy Lecomte, Reykjavik (IS); Sindri Pall Sigurdsson, Reykjavik (IS); and Maria Gudrun Sveinbjornsdottir, Mosfellsbaer (IS)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/885,062.
Application 17/885,062 is a continuation of application No. 17/198,190, filed on Mar. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,446,165.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/004,698, filed on Apr. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378587 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/66 (2006.01); A61H 3/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/66 (2013.01) [A61H 3/0288 (2013.01); A61F 2002/503 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5038 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5072 (2013.01); A61F 2002/5081 (2013.01); A61F 2002/665 (2013.01); A61F 2002/6657 (2013.01); A61H 2003/0211 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A traction system for an ambulatory support, the traction system comprising:
a sole plate couplable to a distal end of the ambulatory support to extend under a bottom side of the ambulatory support;
a latch assembly including:
a latch base having through holes;
a front catch and a rear catch both fixable to the latch base with the front catch nearer to the distal end of the ambulatory support than the rear catch;
adhesive between the latch base and a top side of the ambulatory support and extending through the through holes to secure the latch base to the top side of the ambulatory support; and
a lever having a front end and a rear end, the front end releasably latchable to the front catch and the rear end releasably latchable to the rear catch when the lever is pivoted about the latched front end; and
a strap secured to the lever and to the sole plate and placed in tension when the sole plate is coupled to the distal end of the ambulatory support and the lever is latched at the front end and the rear end, the strap pulling the sole plate against the distal end and the bottom side of the ambulatory support.